تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.81.5

13.81.5

I resolved to travel to Dhībat al-Mahal, of which I had been hearing reports. Ten days after we took ship at Qāliqūṭ we reached the islands of Dhībat al-Mahal. Dhība is pronounced like the feminine of dhīb (wolf), and Mahal with a over the mīm and the hāʾ. These islands are one of the wonders of the world; they number about two thousand, and a hundred or