Bachu, city on the Caspian Sea

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1693. A geographical dictionary representing the present and ancient names by Edmund Bohun.

Bachu, a City of Albania upon the Caspian Sea; in the times of the Roman Empire it is supposed to have been called Albana; but there is some Controversie about it. From this City the Caspian Sea is called by some Mar di Bachu. § And there is also another City in Arabia Felix called by the same name in Ptolemy.