Nadkhu
نضخو
A town on a lake of sweet water with many birds like hoopoes; four stages from Khaqan, visited by many Turks for its spring pasture. 1
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Nadkhu is a city on a lake of sweet water, where there is much bird life resembling the hoopoe. It lies four stages from Khaqan, and many Turks go to it because of its abundant spring and grass, 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. 521
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.521
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islam.museum contributors. “Nadkhu”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/nadkhu/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.