[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Islamic world](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl) › [Arabic](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar) › [Travel and sea narratives](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla) › [تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt) › 13.81.7 # تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.81.7 English (machine translation) 13.81.7 - **Language:** English ### [13.81.7](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt.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; - [Previous: 13.81.6](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt.13.81.6) - [Next: 13.81.8](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt.13.81.8) - [Up: 13.81](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt.13.81) ## Linked texts (1) - [تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta.13.81.7) — Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Arabic --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt.13.81.7](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt.13.81.7) · Pramāṇa