As illustration only: a worldmap with the Ka'ba as centre.
Ja’far Ibn Shams al-Khilafah
(d1225),
Kitab al Adab (Book of
arts)
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Taken from: alwaraq.net
…four people do not know these
four quantities: the generosity in the Romans, and the fulfillment in the Turk, and courage in the Nabateens (1), and sadness in Zinj.
(1) Nabateens: were an ancient Arab people who inhabited northern Arabia and the southern Levant.