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Translation. 



The Visit to Mdldive Island.* 



Hazrat Saul Hamld, bidding farewell to Say y id Zain-ud-dm 

 Makhazam and the rest who dwelt at Ponnani,f left that place, and 



* Lit. — ' The account of entering Maldive Island'; Qp set eo^^ [Mukalla- 

 tivii] = Mahal-diva, i. e., Male (Sultan's Island). 



t QufT<szr@)<S03f?(i5(g3r Ponndriiyin, 'at Ponnani,' on the Malabar coast. 

 "It is inhabited almost exclusively by Muhammadans (Moplas) .. and is 

 the centre of Musalman education on the coast." — Hunters "Imp. Gaz. 

 of India," Vol. VII., p. 377. 



