Jibal al-Qafas
جبال القفص
Mountains that border the Gulf and reach the deserts of Makran; Kurdish nomads called al-Baluṣ live there with flocks and palms, and people fear them. 1
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Mountains bordering the Persian Sea and joined to the deserts of Makran. In them live nomadic Kurdish tribes called the Baluṣ, who live on livestock and palms, and whom people fear, 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. 441
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.441
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