Burs
بُرس
Place on the al-Mada'in road; in al-Baladhuri the limit of Khalid ibn Urfuta's pursuit of fleeing Persians, where he lodged with a man named Bustam who honored him — the canal there being named Nahr Bustam.
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- Era
- The Rashidun Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
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Overview
Burs: a place on the road to al-Mada'in. al-Baladhuri reports that Khalid ibn Arfata reached it in pursuit of the fleeing Persians, and stopped at the house of a man called Bastam, who honoured him. For that reason a river there was named the river of Bastam. 1
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition), p.362
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