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Qif Unzur (fortification)

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A fortress near Bitlis.

Names

  • Persian: قف انظر = Qif Unẓur 1

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

Sources

  • 1Qif Unzur: Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Nasir-i Khusraw's Book of Travels, ed. Wheeler M. Thackston (Costa Mesa, Calif.: Mazda, 2001), 8 [Persian with English translation].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson and Mary Papadopoulos, “Qif Unzur” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/19104.

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