Mountain of the Moon (mountain)

URI https://medievalmideast.org/place/19087

A mountain rumored to be the source of the Nile river

Names

  • Persian: جبل القمر = Jabal al-Qamr 1

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Events mentioned by Nāṣir-i Khusraw 1 c. 1050circa 106510th C Hijrī/16th C CE2001

Sources

  • 1Mountain of the Moon: Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Nasir-i Khusraw's Book of Travels, ed. Wheeler M. Thackston (Costa Mesa, Calif.: Mazda, 2001), 52 [Persian with English translation].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson and Mary Papadopoulos, “Mountain of the Moon” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/19087.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; abstract; and matching from Nāṣir-i Khusraw's travelogue
  • Mary Papadopoulos: place categorization and categorization, matching, Persian collection and transliteration from Nāṣir-i Khusraw's travelogue
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