Dates

Khazad-dûm was founded during the First Age, and deserted in III 1981; the Chamber of Mazarbul was briefly reoccupied III 2989 - III 2994

Location

Within Khazad-dûm, attached to the Twenty-first Hall of the Seventh Level above the East-gate

Race

Division

Longbeards (Durin's Folk)

Culture

Originally made by the Dwarves of Khazad-dûm, and briefly reoccupied by their descendants, the Dwarves of Erebor

Family

Pronunciation

Mazarbul is probably pronounced 'ma'zarbool'

Meaning

Mazarbul apparently means 'records'¹

Other names

Chamber of Records

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Chamber of Mazarbul

The Chamber of Records in old Khazad-dûm

Years of the TreesFirst AgeISecond AgeIIThird AgeIIIFourth AgeIV

The old Chamber of Records of Khazad-dûm. It was used as a base by Balin when he made his ill-fated attempt at recolonisation: the Company of the Ring found his tomb there as they passed through Moria.

Notes

1	The name Mazarbul is never specifically interpreted, but the fact that this chamber is interchangeably described as the 'Chamber of Mazarbul' and the 'Chamber of Records' strongly implies that the Khuzdul word mazarbul can be read as meaning 'records'.

See also...

Balin, Book of Mazarbul, North-end, Seventh Level, Twenty-first Hall

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