Rudkhanah-i-Duzdi also known as the Nahr-az-Zankan River was a river in Medieval Southern Persia. Mentioned by Marco Polo,[1][2] Istakhri [3] and by Yaqut al-Hamawi[4] Its name means River of Robbers.
Rudkhanah-i-Duzdi | |
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  Rudkhanah-i-Duzdi | |
| Coordinates: 26°31′27″N 57°08′33″E / 26.52417°N 57.14250°E | |
| Country |  Iran |
| Province | Hormozgan |
| County | Minab/Jiroft County |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+4:30 (IRDT) |
Rudkhanah-i-Duzdi was also the name of a village on the river with about 500 inhabitants, known in colonial times.[5] It is in the Jiroft area, possibly a tributary of the Minab River.
References
edit- ^ Travels of Marco Polo Vol2.
- ^ Travels of Marco Polo the venetian.
- ^ Le Strange, Guy (1905). The Lands of the Eastern Caliphate: Mesopotamia, Persia, and Central Asia, from the Moslem Conquest to the Time of Timur. New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc. p. 318. OCLC 1044046.
- ^ Yakut, iv, 939.
- ^ Journeys of the Persian Boundary Commission 1870 (Eastern persia) vo1
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