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Most of them moved in groups, some to the shores of the great Roman land, and there are now among its people a remnant. We will remember this island when we mention the island of Ireland. In this sea there is the island of Lafa, and it is said that there is much oud wood there. We do not know it, but it has no smell. When it is taken out and carried on ships, its fragrance becomes pleasant. It is black and heavy. Merchants used to go there and extract the oud from it, and it was sold in the farthest western lands to its kings in those regions. It is also mentioned that it was inhabited and populated by people, but it was ruined and snakes took over its land, so it is impossible to enter it now for this reason. In this sea, according to Ptolemy al-Afludi, there are twenty-seven thousand islands, inhabited and uninhabited. We have only mentioned a few of many that are close to the mainland and to which settlements have reached. As for others, we have no need to mention them. Also, in this part of the desert lands are "Luta" and "Tazkavent" and "Aghrnu". In the farthest Sus lands are the cities of Tazdent, Nimbubun, and Tanamlak. These are the lands of Sus. In the lands of Bar are Sagilmasa, Draa, Dai, Tadna, Qal'at Mahdi ibn Tuwala, Nas, Maklasa, Sla, and all the ports on the Great Sea, and the city of Tlemcen, Tifan, villages, Safruwi, Maghila, Awqasif, Karrandala, Wujda, Melilla, Grana, Tamart, and Ashir. In the middle western lands are Tis, Barsk, and islands, which are Marghana, Tudlis, Bijaniya, Jijel, Miliana, Al-Qal'a, Al-Masila, Al-Ghadir, and Maqra.

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