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Barkha

برخة

A town of middling size on the Sofala coast, with a mix of Indian and other residents. The ruler of the region lives there. Three passages from Dandama 1.

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Barkha: a city of medium size on the coast of the land of Sufala, according to al-Idrisi. It is inhabited by a mixture of people of India and others, and the ruler of that land resides in it. It lies three days' sailing from Dandama. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 68
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.68
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