Kamaran, a little island in the Red Sea, on the Arabian side, nearly opposite Massowah, with an area of 102 sq. m., and inhabited by a few fisher- men. The island was annexed by Britain in 1858, while the telegraph cable was being laid to Bombay.
Kamaran
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 389–390
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