Bashhiyar
بشهيار
A city with an official appointed by the Baghbugh, retainers and servants, which fights the Turks guarding the passes of the barrier mountain; eight stages from Qasha. 1
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Bashhiyar: a city in which there is a chief appointed by the Baghbugh, with retinue, servants and slaves, according to al-Idrisi. It fights the Turks who guard the gates of the Hajiz mountain, and it lies eight stages from Qasha. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 213
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.213
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