تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.81.7

13.81.7

The people of these islands are all Muslims, people of religion and righteousness. The islands are divided into provinces, and over each province is a governor whom they call the kardūbī. Among its provinces is the province of Bālbūr, spelt with two closed bāʾs, kasra on the lām, and ending in rāʾ; among them is Kannalūr, with fatḥa on the kāf and the nūn, the nūn doubled, ḍamma on the lām, and ending in rāʾ; among them is Kannalūs, with fatḥa on the kāf and the nūn, the nūn doubled, ḍamma on the lām, then wāw and unpointed sīn; among them is the province of al-Mahal, after which all the islands are named, and where their sultans reside; among them is the province of Talādīb, with fatḥa on the upper-pointed tāʾ and the lām, then alif, unpointed dāl, long yāʾ and single-pointed bāʾ; among them is the province of Karāydū, with fatḥa on the kāf and the rāʾ, sukūn on the lower-pointed yāʾ, ḍamma on the unpointed dāl, and wāw; among them is the province of al-Taym, with fatḥa on the upper-pointed tāʾ and sukūn on the lower-pointed yāʾ; among them is the province of Taladummattī, with fatḥa on the first upper-pointed tāʾ and the lām, ḍamma on the unpointed dāl, fatḥa on the mīm, which is doubled, kasra on the second tāʾ, and yāʾ;