Bust - بست

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The metropolis of the province of Bust in southern Afghanistan.

Names

  • بست1
  • Bust

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 31.59382° Long. 64.37161°2

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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Works Cited

Any information without attribution has been created following the Syriaca.org editorial guidelines.

  • 1 Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Maqdisī, Aḥsan al-taqāsīm fī maʿrifat al-aqālīm, pp: 297.
  • 2 Marc Wick (ed.), "http://sws.geonames.org/1134720," GeoNames

How to Cite This Entry

Tobias Scheunchen, “Bust - بست ” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5251.

Bibliography:

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/5251.

About this Entry

Entry Title: Bust - بست

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, “Bust - بست

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
  • 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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