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Bastam

بسطام

A fine town with a wall, standing markets and tax-collection, one stage from Gurgan on the road to Damghan. 1

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Bastam: a fine city with a wall, with markets and established dues, according to al-Idrisi. It lies one stage from Jurjan, on the road to Damghan. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 689
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.689
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islam.museum contributors. “Bastam”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/bastam/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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