Hirmand River
نهر هيذمند
A great river rising from the back of the Ghawr that runs through the lands of Sijistan to the lake known as Zarra. 1
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The Helmand is a great river that rises from the back of al-Ghawr and passes through the land of Sistan to the lake known as Zarra, 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. 455
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.455
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islam.museum contributors. “Hirmand River”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/hirmand/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.