Farskur
فارسكور
A civilised village with sugar-cane presses and standing crops, ten miles from the preceding village and fifteen from Bura. 1
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Farskur is a civilised village with sugar-cane presses and standing crops. According to al-Idrisi, it lies ten miles from the village before it and fifteen miles from Bura. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 339
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.339
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