Kharkhir
بلاد خرخيز
A fertile land of many waters, with rivers flowing in from the frontier; a great valley with strong currents has mills for rice and wheat and grows aloes-wood. 1
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The land of the Kharkhir is very fertile and full of water, and rivers flow into it from the direction of the frontiers. Among them is a great valley with much water and a strong current, with mills on which they grind rice and wheat, and in which there are aloeswood trees. That is al-Idrisi's description. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 519
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.519
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