تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.85.3

13.85.3

That sultan assigned a third of the revenues of the islands as alms for wayfarers, since his conversion had come about through them, and it is so named to this day. Because of this ʿifrīt many of these islands were laid waste before Islam. When we came there I knew nothing of this matter. One night, while I was about some business of mine, I heard the people loudly proclaiming 'There is no god but God' and 'God is greatest', and I saw the children with copies of the Qurʾān on their heads and the women [beating] on basins and copper vessels. I was astonished at what they were doing and said: 'What is the matter with you?' They said: 'Do you not see the sea?'