Bust - بست
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A province (probably in the south of Afghanistan) containing the cities of Jahālakān, Bān, Qarma, Būzād, Arḍ Dāwār, Ṣirūstān, Qarya al-Jawz, Rakhūd, Bakrāwādh, Banjawā, Kishsh, Rūdhān, Sifinjāwī, and Taliqān as well as 1,100 villages.
Names
- بست1
- Bust
Place Type
province
Descriptions
“واما بست فانها اسم القصبة ايضا ومن مدنها جهالكان، بان، قرمة، بوزاد، ارض داور، صروستان، قرية الجوز، رخود، بكراواذ، بنجوى، كش، روذان، سفنجاوى، طلقان ولها الف ومائة قرية ومن هذه المدن ما يضاف الى سجستان وهو خطأ واقل من يميزهن تمييزنا وابو زيد جعل غزنين وبست من سجستان ومن الناس من يجعلهما كورة واحدة ويسميها كابلستان.” 1
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- 1 Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Maqdisī, Aḥsan al-taqāsīm fī maʿrifat al-aqālīm, pp: 297.
How to Cite This Entry
Tobias Scheunchen, “Bust - بست
” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5250.
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Tobias Scheunchen, “Bust - بست .” 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/5250.About this Entry
Entry Title: Bust - بست
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- 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, “Bust - بست ”
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- 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
- Al-Muqaddasī data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
- Al-Muqaddasī 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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