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Beyhaqi Nishabouri Kidari, Mohammad bin Hossein: Hadayiq al Haqayiq (The facts about the Garden) (1181) Khorasan.

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Taken from: noorlib.ir حدائق الحقائق by بیهقی نیشابوری کیدری، محمد بن حسین

The sea-shore is broken, especially the coast of the sea; And the plural is shores and shore:

The valley coast or for each coast a shore:   And the long sea-shore is a very long coast (1), as if it had cut a distance of one hundred leagues (2) with the sea shore; It is the coast of the Barbara Sea, which follows Makdshu ……

(1) long coast: Called by Ibn Majid (1470): as-Sif at Tawil. = Coast N of Mogadishu.

Claude Jouannes (La  Sufālīya 2001):

- The Nautical Instructions (470, L VIIL, p. 322} say: “From ras Auad (6° 18’N) to Garad (6° 57’ N), the coast is low, sandy … … This part of coast is known among the Arabs as Sef Tweel. Landing there is impossible".

- Qutama locates Sif Tawil between 7° 43' N (around Ras el-Cheil) and 5° 40 N.

- Commander Guillain, who gets his information from Arab navigators, places Sif et-Taouil between Ras el-Khil (Ras el-Cheil} and Ras Aouad (6° 18° N).

(2) leagues: any of several European units of measurement ranging from 2.4 to 4.6 statute miles (3.9 to 7.4 km).