Lake Buruan
بحيرة بروان
A great lake in Tibet about forty farsakhs long, with forts and fortresses on it; the people of Buruan and Ujj fish in it. 1
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Lake Buruan: a large lake in the land of Tibet, about forty farsakhs long, with castles and fortresses on it. The people of Buruan and Awj catch fish from it, according to al-Idrisi. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 513
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.513
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