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Aḥmad ibn Mājid (Arabic: أحمد بن ماجد), also known as the "Arab Admiral" (أمير البحر العربي, ʿAmīr al-Baḥr al-ʿArabī) and the "Lion of the Sea", [1] was an Arab navigator and cartographer born c. 1432 [2] in Julfar, the present-day Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates. He was raised in a family famous for ...
Julfar was the birthplace of celebrated seafarer, navigator and cartographer Ahmad Ibn Majid, the 'Lion of the Sea', in 1432 - a time that corresponds with the town's emergence as a major maritime and mercantile hub. [12]
Julfar was the birthplace of the renowned navigator Ahmed ibn Majid, a focal point for maritime power, and the only port providing access from the Persian Gulf to south-east Arabia. [31] It is strategically located close to the Strait of Hormuz, which boosted maritime trade, which in turn made Julfar an importance place for successive empires. [32]
One of Ras Al Khaimah's most celebrated sons, Ibn Majid, was a hugely influential seaman, navigator and cartographer, [9] [10] and there is evidence in his writing that the town he came from was at that time known as Ras Al Khaimah, [5] that town having eclipsed Julfar as the principal port and settlement of the Shimal coast.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 December 2024. Town in Sahil, Somaliland El-Sheikh Buurta Almis, جبل ألمس Town A beach in El-Sheikh El-Sheikh Location in Somaliland Show map of Sahil, Somaliland El-Sheikh El-Sheikh (Somaliland) Show map of Somaliland Coordinates: 10°26′22″N 44°15′38″E / 10.43944°N 44.26056 ...
Legendary 15th century Arab explorer Ahmad ibn Mājid wrote of Siyara and several other notable landmarks and ports of the northern Somali coast, including Berbera, the Sa'ad ad-Din islands (aka the Zeila Archipelago near Zeila), Alula, Ruguda, Maydh, Heis, El-Darad and El-Sheikh. [5]
The title relies primarily on four other works: Ma'rifat al-Sahabah by Abi Na'im, al-Isti'ab fi Ma'rifat al-Ashab by Ibn 'Abd al-Barr, Ma'rifat al-Ashab and al-Dhayl 'ala Ma'rifat al-Ashab, both by Ibn Mandah. Ibn Hajar says in Taqrib that he was truthful, but habitually connected disjointed narrations without mentioning his sources. [5]
One traditional story describes the pilot as the famous Arab navigator Ibn Majid, but other contemporaneous accounts place Majid elsewhere, and he could not have been near the vicinity at the time. [25] None of the Portuguese historians of the time mentions Ibn Majid. Vasco da Gama left Malindi for India on 24 April 1498. [citation needed]