mutadan

Updated: May 27, 2025

It has two fine bays, facing the shore and admirably defended from all winds; the southern not a little resembles Sinafir-cove. The "top," or dwarf plateau, commands a fine view of the coast scenery; the "Pins" of the Sharr; the Mutadan Mountain, twin ridges of grey white granite, and, further south, the darker forms of Raydan and Ziglab.

Sir Richard Francis Burton - The Land of Midian — Volume 2

Fronting us rose the twin granitic peaks of Jebel Mutadan, one with a stepped side like an unfinished pyramid. They are separated from the Damah by a rough and stony divide; and ruins with furnaces are reported to be found in their valley-drain, which feeds the great Wady 'Amud.

Sir Richard Francis Burton - The Land of Midian — Volume 2