Badakhshan
بذخشان
A mountain land with many animals and herds, from which precious stones are taken; musk is carried out of it, and it links southward to India through the Khuttal lands. 1
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Badakhshan: a mountainous land with many beasts and offspring. Stones of fine gems are raised from it, and musk is carried from it. Its south joins India by the road through the land of al-Khatl. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 487
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.487
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