Batrasave
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Batrasave was a town of Arabia mentioned by Pliny.[1]
Variants
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Batra = Batrasave (Pliny.vi.32).
Mention by Pliny
Pliny [2] mentions Arabia......... Beyond this, the navigation is impracticable on that side,21 according to Juba, on account of the rocks; and he has omitted all mention of Batrasave22, a town of the Omani, and of the city of Omana23, which former writers have made out to be a famous port of Carmania24; as also of Homna and Attana, towns which at the present day, our merchants say, are by far the most famous ones in the Persian Sea.
21 On the Arabian side of the Persian Gulf.
22 Considered by modern geographers to be identical in situation with the Black Mountains and the Cape of Asabi, and still marked by a town and district named Sabee, close to Cape Mussendom.
23 In the modern district still called Oman.
24 On the opposite coast.