Fora
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| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Fora was an ancient city of Arabia mentioned by Pliny subject to the king of Charax.[1]
Variants
Jat Gotras Namesake
- For = Fora (Pliny.vi.30, Pliny.vi.32)
Origin
Mention by Pliny
Pliny[2] mentions Arabia....We next come to a city situate on the banks of the Pasitigris, Fora by name, and subject to the king of Charax: to this place people resort on their road from Petra, and sail thence to Charax, twelve miles distant, with the tide. If you are proceeding by water from the Parthian territories, you come to a village known as Teredon; and below the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris, you have the Chaldæi dwelling on the left side of the river, and the Nomadic tribes of the Scenitæ on the right.