Barsakhan al-Ulya
برسخان العليا
A fortified Turkish town where most of the nearby Turks take refuge in need, five stages from Nawakit. 1
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Upper Barsakhan: a fortified city in the land of the Turks, according to al-Idrisi. Most of the Turks living there take refuge in it when there is need, and it lies five stages from Nawakit. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 515
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.515
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