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At a glance
- Era
- The Rashidun Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
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Overview
Burs: a place on the road to al-Mada'in. al-Baladhuri reports that Khalid ibn Arfata reached it in pursuit of the fleeing Persians, and stopped at the house of a man called Bastam, who honoured him. For that reason a river there was named the river of Bastam. 1
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.362
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islam.museum contributors. “Burs”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/burs/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.