The long empty coast between Dhofar and Ja'lan: the bays of Shuwaymiyah and Sharbatat, the Jazir coast, Ras Madraka, the anchorage of Duqm, the Gulf of Masirah with Barr al-Hikman, and Masirah island.
Fishing and shell-gathering folk live in scattered camps and villages; the ancients called such people fish-eaters. No lord or tribe is recorded for 1200 (the Janaba and the Hikman known later are not attested so early).
Who holds it
- Title
- No ruler
- Since
- Not known
- Confidence
- low
What it holds
- Fishing camps, anchorages and wells along the coast
- Masirah island
Allies and rivals
Not recorded.
How things stand that morning
Self-governing; not pinned.
Threats
- Raiders from the sea
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Geography and ancient descriptions only.
On the map: A coastal strip with the island; only the land counts.
Primary sources for The Bedouin
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- History of the Observant Traveller (A Traveller in Thirteenth-Century Arabia), Ibn al-Mujawir (Jamal al-Din Yusuf ibn Ya'qub) (about 1226 to 1232). A merchant-traveller's description of western and southern Arabia a generation after 1200: Mecca and the Hijaz ports, the Red Sea crossing, Zabid and the Tihama, Aden with its customs and tariffs, the Hadramawt coast, Dhofar and Oman, Socotra, and the opposite African shore at Zeila and the Dahlak islands. Read online
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.