Farsakh

Posted on 03/31/2012 by marina

FARSAKH فرسخ
Persian Farsany. A land measure which occurs in Muslim books of law. It is a league of 18,000 feet, or three and a half miles in length.

Based on Hughes, Dictionary of Islam

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