The easternmost cape of Arabia, the turning point for ships between the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea and a landmark for the crossing to India; a fishing place with turtle beaches.
Nothing is recorded of it for 1200.
Who holds it
- Title
- None
- Since
- -
- Confidence
- low
How things stand that morning
Landmark; no lord.
Charter
None known: southern Arabian towns had no charters; the lord or his deputy, the judge (qadi) and the notables answer for the town.
Council
Not recorded for 1199-1200.
Communities
Fishermen (not pinned).
Fairs and markets
No fair dates recorded for 1199-1200.
Militia
Not recorded for 1199-1200.
Trade and crafts
Fishing.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Geography only.
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.