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The Third Fa’ida. Lunar mansions 79 (e) al-Ghur 220
(f) Ceylon 220
The Fourth Fa’ida. Compass rhumbs 121 (g) Zanzibar 221
(h) Bahrain 221
The Fifth Fa’ida i
Stars used as extra rhumbs 157 (i) Hormuz and Qism 222
Large general works on astronomy and (j) Soqotra 223
geography 157 The Eleventh Fa’ida
The Roman months 158 Seasons for leaving the Arabian coasts 225
The planets as days of the week 159 The return season in the Arabian Sea 228
Various eras 160 The seasons around Soqotra 229
The planets 161 The seasons for leaving India for Arabia 230

The Sixth Fa’ida The seasons in the Bay of Bengal and
1. Dirat al-Mul 165 other Indian routes 233
2. Dirat al-Matlaq 166 The Maldives and Laccadives 234
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3. Dirat al-iqtida\ 167 From the East Indies to Africa and back
Special dangers 235
The Seventh Fa’ida 171 Miscellaneous seasons for approaching
The Maldives and south-east Asia. Measure­ certain ports 236 i
ments by the Little Bear (Farqadan) 182 Seasons from the north to al-Zanj 237
Latitude measurements in Ceylon (according The seasons of the'Ancients 238
to the Pole Star) 184
The Bay of Bengal 185 The Twelfth Fa’ida
The Siamese coast 187 The Red Sea 243
Latitude measurements in the Red Sea 189 The route from Jidda to Saiban 243
Common failings in taking latitude The route south of Saiban 246
measurements 189 Miscellaneous dangers 247
A list of the different bashlyat 190 List of shoals and turbid areas 247
Other dangers 248
The Eighth Fa5ida 192 Resemblance between the Sudanese and
Typhoons 196 Arab coasts 249
Occurrences at sea, seaweed, birds, etc. 196 Description of the channels through the
Landfalls on the west coast of India 198 255
coastal reef
The Ninth Fa’ida To enter the harbour of al-Lith (Riya<Ja)
Description of the coasts of the world 204 via Bahr al-Zihar 256
Measurements and the earth 214 The Farasan islands 258
Navigators and their rivals 215 The Farasan bank 261
The African coast 267
The Tenth Fa’ida: On Islands
(a) The Arabian Peninsula 217 Part III. Navigational theory 269
(b) Madagascar 218 1. Isharat 276
(c) Sumatra 219
(d) Java 220 2. Majra 290