Kur River
نهر كر
A river rising in the Kurdish borderlands that passes the valley of Bawan, waters the districts of Fars and flows into the lake of Bakhtakan. 1
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The River Kur comes out of Kuruwan at the edge of the Kurds, passes through the valley of Buwan, waters the districts of Fars, and empties into the lake known as Bakhtakan, 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. 422
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.422
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