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To the left; what was in the fantasy of the author the flag of Magdasor
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Taken from: Youssuf KamaltomeIVfasc2
Twice I crossed the river Gion and finally reached the great city called Magdasor. It is a very great empire in which there are many cities, towns, castles, villages, and a populous land of Nubian Christians. This empire of Magdasor is all surrounded by two of the rivers that come from the deep sees encircling the terrestrial paradise, one Gion the other Pison. On another site it is bounded by a gulf of the sea of Judea which enters into the land forty days journey. In this city of Magdasor they told me of a Genoese whom they called Sor Leonis, who went in search of his father, who came in two galleasses already mentioned. They treated him honorably. This Sor Leonis wanted to go to the empire of Graciona in search of his father, but the emperor of Magdasor would not consent, because the way was doubtful and the road dangerous.....The emperor of Magdasor has for a device a white flag with a black cross.
I departed from the empire of Magdasor and went eastward..... in this gulf (of the sea of India) there are three very large islands called Zinzibar, Alcubil and Aden which is the largest and most populated.