Tobias Scheunchen (eds.), "Balkh - بلخ " in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5227
  
    
      
        
          Balkh
          بلخ
          
          A city located in the Balkh region in northern Afghanistan and located osuth of the Amu Darya (Oxus). Located along the silk road and important center of Zoroastrianism.
          
            عسقلان مدينة على ساحل فلسطين ومنبر ببلخ
          
                    
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          https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5227
          http://syriaca.org/place/5227
          https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/961886
          
            Aḥsan al-taqāsīm fī maʿrifat al-aqālīm
                        Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Maqdisī
                        
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                        https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/961886Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places Roger Bagnall Richard Talbert Tom Elliott Lindsay Holman et al.