Zarand
زرند
A town on the edge of the great desert, with fertility, farming and tanneries, where the Zarandi linings are made and carried to Iraq and sometimes to Egypt. 1
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Zarand is a city on the bank of the great desert, with fertility, crops and tanneries for leather. Zarandi linings (bata'in) are made there and carried to Iraq and perhaps to Egypt, 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. 439
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.439
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