Beth Daraye Explained

Beth Daraye (meaning "land of Dara"), known in Arabic sources as Badaraya, was a region and administrative site southeast of the lower Nahrawan Canal, in the Sasanian province of Asoristan in present-day Iraq. 150km east-southeast of Baghdad. It lay between al-Bandanijayn and the environs of Waset and produced excellent dried dates.^{[1] [2]}

Notes and References

1. BĒṮ DARAYĒ . Morony . Michael . Michael Morony . . IV, Fasc. 2 . 186–187 . 1989.
2. Encyclopedia: E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam 1913-1936 . . 1987 . 561 . M. Th . Houtsma . M. Th Houtsma . 9789004082656 . 1.