Ranj-Burk
رنج برك
A city in the land of Bābīr, with many houses, settled country, gardens and vineyards, set south of the Danube; the author gives seventy miles east to Batsawa 1.
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Ranj Burk is a city in the lands of Babir, according to al-Idrisi. It has many dwellings, is extensive in area, and its gardens and vineyards are contiguous. It lies south of the river Danu. He mentions that between it and Bataswa there are seventy miles to the east. 2
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- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 876
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.876
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