Burj
بروج
A large, handsome city of fired brick and lime, visited by Chinese merchants and a port for ships from Sind, eight stages from Nahrawara. 1
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Burj: a large city, built of fired brick and plaster, which the merchants of China visit. It is the port for those who come from Sind. It lies eight stages from Nahrwara, according to al-Idrisi. 2
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- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 187
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.187
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