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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Ben’demeer.
 
A river that flows near the ruins of Chil’minar’ or Istachar’, in the province of Chusistan’ in Persia.   1
       
“There’s a bower of roses by Bendemeer’s stream,
And the nightingale sings round it all the day long.”
       
T. Moore: Lalla Rookh, Part 1.
 


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