Wadi Barhut
وادي برهوت
A fire-vent of Hadramawt and the Shihr lands, named among the earth's atmas — springs of fire welling from the ground 1.
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Wadi Barhut is in the land of Hadramawt and the land of al-Shihr. Al-Mas'udi mentions it among the fire-springs of the earth, and the fire-springs are the fire that wells up from the ground. 2
According to Ibn Fadl Allah al-Umari, the well of Barhut in the land of Hadramawt has an unknown depth, and it is not known that any person has descended into it. 3
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 357-358
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.357
- Masalik al-absar fi mamalik al-amsar — al-Umari (1924 printing), p.233
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