Kara Balgasun

Also known as Kara Balghasun, Talarho Hara Palhassoun, Kara-Khărăm (Rampart)

city
Uighur, mud and sun-dried brick

The ruined black city of the Orkhon, an old Uighur or steppe capital recalled in the notes beside Mongol ancestral rivers. Ramparts rather than a living town remain in the description.

Type: city
Style: Uighur, mud and sun-dried brick
First appears: Book 1 · Ch. 81
Books: 1

History

BOOK 1The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1
The ruined black city of the Orkhon, an old Uighur or steppe capital recalled in the notes beside Mongol ancestral rivers. Ramparts rather than a living town remain in the description.