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# تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.97.1

تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار 13.97.1

- **Language:** Arabic

### [13.97.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta.13.97.1)

وهو يعرف بالكنار بضم الكاف وفتح النون وألف وراء، وعنده الفيل الأبيض، لم أر في الدنيا فيلا أبيض سواه، يركبه في الأعياد ويجعل على جبهته أحجار الياقوت العظيمة، واتفق له أن قام عليه أهل دولته وكحلوا عينيه وولوا ولده وهو هنالك أعمى.

> He \[the sultan\] is known as al-Kunār — with u after the k, a after the n, an alif and an r. He has the white elephant; I have not seen a white elephant anywhere in the world besides it. He rides it on festivals and places great rubies on its forehead. It happened to him that the men of his state rose against him, blinded him and made his son ruler, and he is there, blind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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