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Al Himyari: Kitab ar-rawd al Mitdr (1461)
(The Fragrant Garden)
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Taken from : Lewicki, Tadeusz: Arabic external sources for the history of Africa.....
Ibn abd al-Munim al Himyari : his book is a recast of a relative of the same name from the 13th century. They relied on Idrisi.
The places situated in his book on the east African coast are: Al-Banis, Daghwata, Dandama, Sayuna, Malinde, Monbasa. As well as the land of the Waqwaq lying on the southern borders of the land of the Zanj. He also talks about the gold and the excellent iron of these areas, about the trade between Oman and the land of the Zanj, and about the river on which Sayuna was laying.