448 * Translation of the Mohit, [Aug. 



west to it lies the island Skika 1 *, which is also a great island ; on the 

 sea side a great bank 2 called Shob Sowaidi 3 ; on the north and land 

 side of the island SMkan is the island Z6 Shajih^f. On the western 

 side is a shallow 5 called Irk-td-oydra 6 ; next to it a segment 7 called 

 Kitaei Zaidi 8 . Afterwards on the sea and north side an island called 

 Tajedda 9 l, and on the sea and north side of this a ridge 10 § called 

 Zohrai Kassr u , and an island called Takshef* 2 ; on its sea side a ridge 1 * 

 called Zohrai Takshefi* ; in the neighbourhood of this are great 

 banks 15 called Dakhakhin 16 . Be it known, that between the islands of 

 Ddnek^W and Tajedda both are in sight, if there is no hazy weather 18 . 

 These (of DakhakhinJ run down to Danek and Tajedda towards the 

 west ; from the Dakhakhln you see the island Shobaz-zokdr 9 ^ ; these 

 islands lie from Ddnek towards the coast of Yaman, that is to say, 

 south, on one side of Shobaz-zokdr is the island Wussul Oram Dahresh 20 : 

 on the land side of Danek towards Syria, that is to say, north, are in 

 some distance some segments (portions of rock 21 ?) called Ibn Saaid 22 . 

 The islands called Danek are three : the first to the south is called 

 Shobuz-zokdr, and the next northern one Khabire 23 , on the sea side of 

 it is a segment 24 called Omm Moen 25 , north of which lies Ddnek, the 

 greatest of all ; round it are four banks 56 . On the land side is a 

 passage between them and Ddnek ; they are called Mahdhari* 7 , Makh- 

 ref iS , Korb 29 , and Kebla 36 . After Ddnek are four islands called Bahrez- 

 zihdr 31 ; the name of the first is Matata 32 **, of the second Jodair 33 \\, of 

 the third Marmd 34 H, and of the fourth Zohrai Marmd. On the 

 land side of them towards N. N. E. is a segment 35 called Zeindb 36 , 

 and here N. the Shob Salim, a long bank ; from here towards E. S. 

 E. are three islands in sight. After Zihdr follow two banks and 

 two called Homais 31 ; north of them are no islands, but only some 



21 , \ <• 2* 1 23 .24 K «• 25 I 26 a 



34 I 35 , I. •• 36 I • 37 



* Shaker, 18o 53'. f Doshagea. 



X Tegdah, 18 s 58'. § Marked dangerous patches in chart. 



II Dahnac, 19° 32'. % Shab Assugga, 19° 22'. 



** Mutatoo, 19 45'. ft Jedere. # Murpmah, 2 isl. 



