Lake Bidasht Arzan

بحيرة بدشت أرزن

A lake about thirty miles long with fresh water, most of which dries up in summer; boats fish on it. 1

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Persia & Central Asia
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Overview

Lake Bidasht Arzan: a lake about thirty miles long, with fresh water. Most of it dries up in the summer heat until only a little remains, and there are small boats on it with which fish are caught. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 423
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.423
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