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Zanzibar; city, island, and coast. Vol. 1 (of 2)

Note 27 — Chapter V · GEOGRAPHICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL.

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Dr Krapf (112, Missionary Travels) tells us ‘the Somali coast, from Cape Guardafui southwards, is designated by the Arabs “Dar Ajam,” not “Ajan” or “Azan,” as the maps wrongly have it, because no Arabic is spoken in it.’ Dar Ajam is, I believe, a modern and incorrect phrase.

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