Bagradas (river)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M. Roaf
Creators: M. Roaf
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, M. Joann McDaniel, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Brian Z. Lund, R. Talbert, Mary E. Downs
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Last modified
Jan 29, 2026 04:37 PM
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History
A river placed by Ptolemy between Persis and Carmania. Marcian of Heraclea and Ammianus also mention it. Potts declined to map it in BAtlas, registering it instead in the directory as "unlocated". BAtlDir does cite Tomášek's article in RE (1896), which asserts an identification with a watercourse he calls "Nâbendrûd" that debouched into the modern Nayband Gulf (evidently the modern Rūdkhāneh-ye Khowr in Iran).
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/30218
27.3368562103, 52.7913660704
- Associated Modern Locations:
- Uncertain: OSM Location: modern Rūdkhāneh-ye Khowr (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Bagradas (330 BC - AD 640)
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- Uncertain: Nâbendrûd (German, AD 1800 - AD 1899)
- Uncertain: رودخانه خور (Rūdkhāneh-ye Khowr: Modern Persian, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
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unlocated, river, drainage
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 3 Bagradas fl.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: between Persis and Carmania
M. Roaf, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, M. Joann McDaniel, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Brian Z. Lund, R. Talbert, and Mary E. Downs, 'Bagradas (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/30218> [accessed: 09 February 2026]
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