Sharjah: 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".
Shaikh Sultan was addressing attendees during the conclusion of a panel discussion about the seafaring of Ahmed Ibn Majid, organised by the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ISESCO) in collaboration with the Executive Committee for the Sharjah Islamic Culture Capital 2014 Celebrations, at the Sharjah International Book Fair, on Thursday.
The panel discussion was attended by Shaikh Sultan Bin Ahmad Al Qasimi, Chairman of Sharjah Media Corporation, Chairman of the Executive Committee for the Sharjah Islamic Culture Capital 2014 Celebrations, Shaikha Bodour Bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Chairperson of the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq), Shaikh Khalid Bin Essam Al Qasimi, Chairman of Sharjah Department of Civil Aviation in Sharjah, and other senior officials.
