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Bezd - بزد

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A village located in Khorasan Province of modern day-Iran.

Names

  • بزد1
  • Bazd
  • Bezd

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 35.21139° Long. 60.44167°2

Descriptions

“واشتدّت شوكته وطمحت همّته إلى تملك ما يليه من البلاد فبدأ بالأقرب منها وهي مدينة بزد، مدينة حسنة نظيفة عجيبة الأسواق ذات أنهار مطّردة وأشجار نضيرة وأهلها تجار شافعيّة المذهب فحاصرها وتغلب عليها وتحصن الأمير مظفّر شاه ابن الامير محمد شاه بن مظفر بقلعة على ستة أميال منها منيعة تحدق بها الرمال فحاصره بها.” 3
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 219.
  • 2 GeoHack, "https://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Bezd&params=35_12_41_N_60_26_30_E_region:IR_type:city(2821),"
  • 3 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 218.

How to Cite This Entry

Tobias Scheunchen, “Bezd - بزد ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5239.

Bibliography:

Tobias Scheunchen, “Bezd - بزد .” In The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, edited by Haya Al Thani, Saif al-Murikhi, Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn, Abdul Rahman Chamseddine and Mario Kozah. Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute, 2020. Entry published January 10, 2020. https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5239.

About this Entry

Entry Title: Bezd - بزد

Authorial and Editorial Responsibility:

  • Haya Al Thani, general editor, Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute
  • Haya Al Thani, Saif al-Murikhi, Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn, Abdul Rahman Chamseddine, and Mario Kozah, editors, The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer
  • Tobias Scheunchen, entry contributor, “Bezd - بزد ”

Additional Credit:

  • Research on coordinates by Tobias Scheunchen
  • Data correction and integration from Ibn Battuta, al-Bakri, al-Tabari, Nasir Khusraw, Ibn Jubayr, Isho’yahb III, Al-Muqaddasī, Ibn Ḥawqal, Al-Masūdī, Yāqūt b. ʿAbdallāh al-Ḥamawī by Tobias Scheunchen
  • Ibn Battuta data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
  • Ibn Battuta data collection by Abdul Rahman Chamseddine
  • Data merging and XML by William L. Potter
  • Data merging and XML by David A. Michelson

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