Bakhta
بختة
An inhabited village in Beja land with a market. It gives its name to the Bactrian camels, prized as the most patient and fastest of camels for travel. 1
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Bakhta: a settled village in the land of the Beja, with a market. From it the Bakhti camels take their name, which are the most patient of camels in travel and the swiftest. Its people live from their produce. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 47
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.47
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