Lake Bakhtakan
بحيرة البختكان
One of the largest lakes of Fars, about sixty miles long with salt water; the river Kur falls into it, and villages and districts surround it. 1
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- Persia & Central Asia
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Overview
Lake Bakhtakan: one of the largest lakes of Fars, about sixty miles long. Its water is salt, the river Kur runs into it, and around it are districts, villages and connected buildings. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 423
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.423
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