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Jabal Kirkis Kuh

جبل كركس كوه

A small mountain surrounded by desert, with a flat open space at its centre; al-Idrisi says the robbers of the area hide their gains there. 1

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Mount Kirkis Kuh is a mountain not large, surrounded by deserts, with something like a courtyard in its middle. It is said that its valleys are far from habitation, and that robbers have their money in them, according to al-Idrisi. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 443
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.443
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