His Highness Dr. Shaikh Sultan Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, said he will exert the necessary efforts using his own collection of available valuable historical books in search of answers to the questions still raised by researchers about the seafaring of 13th Century Arab and Muslim navigator and cartographer Ahmad Ibn Majid.
He was reacting to findings of certain research containing false information or prosaic contents, some of which state that Ibn Majid was from Julphar, the latter being a closed Armenian colony with no Arab residents that was fenced to prevent anyone from entry.
Ahmad Ibn Majid was so famous that he was described by certain researchers as the “first Arab seaman”.
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Answers sought on famous Arab sailor Ahmad Ibn Majid
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