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Barsaklāfa

برسكلافة

A city in open country on a river that can be easily forded; the author gives four days from Dirīstara 1.

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Barsaklafa: a city in the desert on a river near the ford, according to al-Idrisi, who reports that it lies four days from Dristra. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 897
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.897
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islam.museum contributors. “Barsaklāfa”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/barsaklafa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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