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3. Qiyas 312 7. South-East Asia 472
The stars used for Qiyas measurements 324 (a) The Andaman and Nicobar Islands 473
The use of the Pole Star 331 (b) The Burmese and Siamese mainland 477
The use of the Farqadan and the Na'sh 336 1. Pegu 477
Other Qiyas measurements 339 2. The islands of Takwa and the
adjacent coast 479
4. Masafa 354
(c) The Malayan Peninsula (West Coast) 483
5. Monsoons 360 (d) The mainland coasts of the South
Theory of winds and typhoons 382 China Sea 486
6. Siyasat 387 (e) Sumatra 489
(f) Ibn Majid’s route from Malacca to
Java from thzHawiya 495 ;
Part IV. The topography of the navigational texts (g) Java 497
1. Historical introduction 393 (h) The islands in the South-East 499
(i) Ibn Majid’s description of the Java Sea 502
2. General world topography 396
3. The Red Sea 398 Appendix A. Apparatus critica for Paris and Damascus mss. 505
(a) The north part of the Arab coast 399
(b) The islands of the Farasan bank 402 Appendix B. Qiyas figures for some of the more frequently
(c) The Arabian coast between Hali and used star combinations 511
Luhaiya 408
(d) The Farasan Islands 410 513
(e) The Sudanese coast 413 Glossary of navigational terms
(f) The islands off the Sudanese coast 416
(g) The Red Sea south of Saiban 419 Indexes 546
4. The African coasts
(a) The mainland 421 1
(b) Madagascar 432
(c) The Sofaliya's route to Kilwa 435
5. The coasts of Arabia and Persia
(a) The south coast of Arabia 438
(b) Soqotra 445
(c) The coast of Oman 445
(d) The Persian Gulf 447
(e) The Mekran coast of Persia and Sind 448
6. The Indian Peninsula and Arakan
(a) The West Coast of India 449
(b) The Laccadives and Maidive Islands 458
(c) The Island of Ceylon 462
(d) The East Coast of India 465
(e) The Arakan coast 470