Dowraq (or Dawraq) was a town located in Khuzestan, 78 km southeast of the city Ahvaz. The town fell into ruins in the 18th century; a new settlement to the south was constructed during this period, known today as Shadegan.[1]
References edit
- ^ Bosworth 1994, p. 159.
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- Bosworth, C. Edmund (1994). "Dawraq". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume VII/2: Dastūr al-Afāżel–Dehqān I. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 159. ISBN 978-1-56859-020-2.
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