Balad
بلد
A town on the western bank of the Tigris above Mosul, rich in produce, with a running stream besides the Tigris for drinking; twenty-seven miles from Sinjar. 1
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Balad: a city on the west of the Tigris above Mosul, rich in good things. It has running water other than the Tigris, from which its people drink, and it lies twenty-seven miles from Sinjar. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 660
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.660
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