Bandar al Nub (?)
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Ibn Majid (1470) is the only author to mention the place. In the area where the place is supposed to be no archaeological research has been done so far.
At eight fingers Ibn Majid gives: Gazira al Anbar at 16.9°S (Island of St. Marie); Sagagi at 14.3°S; Musanbigi at 15°S; Bandar al Nub at 16.7°S
Seydi Ali Reis (d. 1562) in al-Muhit: 8 fingers: Again, the islands of Timur; the Isle of Amber on the outer [= eastern] side of the Isle of Komr; the port of Nub on the inner [=western] side of the island of Komr; Mulbayuni on the Zandj coast, also called Musanbidji.
Taken from: Madagascar, Comores et Mascareignes à travers la Hawiya d'Ibn Magid (866 H. /1462) Par François VIRE et Jean-Claude HEBERT
The name of this west coast place can also be read as al-Nawb and al-Nuwab. Seeing there a bad spelling for al-Bun, Tomaschek thus believes he has found the toponym Boeny (Portuguese; Boene). Khoury places Bandar al-Nub a little below Mahajamba Bay; but, Ibn Majid places it at the same latitude as Sainte Marie Island (17th parallel) which leads to the vicinity of Bemarivo, below Besalampy. Doubt still hovers over this toponym and its location.
