The sea of Jurjan and al-Daylam (Caspian Sea)
بحر جرجان والديلم (بحر قزوين)
An enclosed sea not joined to the others, fed by many rivers and springs. The Ghuzz lie to the east, the Khazars to the north, Azerbaijan and al-Daylam to the west and Tabaristan to the south. About 1,000 miles long and 650 miles wide 1.
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The Sea of Jurjan and Daylam, which is the Caspian Sea: a closed sea that does not join other seas, into which many rivers and springs flow. It is bounded on the east by the Ghuzz, on the north by the Khazars, on the west by Azerbaijan and Daylam, and on the south by Tabaristan. Its length is about a thousand miles and its width about six hundred and fifty miles, 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. 12
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.12
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