Gharghun
غرغون
A great lake about a hundred miles long with sweet water and much fish, with a snowy mountain above it, in the Marghar district; its people are fortified, in al-Idrisi's account. 1
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Gharghun is a large lake about a hundred miles long. Its water is sweet and it has a great deal of fish, and on it is a mountain of snow. It lies entirely within Margar, and al-Idrisi says that its people fortify themselves. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 840
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.840
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