Bazīra

Bazīra

Bazīra (Bezira, a. Geogr.), Stadt am Fuße des Paropamisos in Indien, von Alexander dem Gr. befestigt; wahrscheinlich das j. Pischaur.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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