Utah Kadir stones

The Utah Kadir stones are a set of stone inscriptions that were likely fabricated during early New Portuguese control in modern-day Utah, which supposedly record Nicolidean Arabic writings written upon around 20 stones in the region of the Great Salt Lake. The stones were purportedly written by a "Kadir" according to several of them. Along with describing the nearby geography, it details how Kadir supposedly crossed over the Sierra Nevada mountains and settled in the region. According to New Portugal's records from the era, the stones were discovered by New Portuguese troops a few years after establishing and settling an outpost in the region of the Great Salt Lake.
The most likely explanation is that they were created by a New Portuguese troop who knew Arabic, rather than the Nicolidean Arabic language. During examinations in the 190s, the language was determined to be regular Arabic, disproving the theory of Nicolidean control stretching far further east than it actually did. The exact identity of Kadir is unknown, possibly being a name of a relative or friend of whoever created the inscriptions originally. With little information about them besides the fact they knew Arabic, it will likely remain unknown as besides these fake stones, they are not recorded anywhere else. It is possible that they were someone from Libyan Carolina.
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