An Historical Geography of Iran

Vasilii Vladimirovich Barthold

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An Historical Geography of Iran

Vasilii Vladimirovich Barthold
Translated by: Svat Soucek

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1984

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This volume is a compendium of the rich archeological and literary evidence on the Iranian world in its larger sense, comprising part of what is now Soviet Central Asia and Afghanistan as well as Iran proper.

Originally published in 1984.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Editor's introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xv
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter I. Bactria, Balkh, and Ṭukhāristan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	6
Chapter II. Marw and the Course of the Murghāb Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
Chapter III. Harāt and the Course of the Ηarī Rūd Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
Chapter IV. Sīstān, the Southern Part of Afghanistan and Balūchistān Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
Chapter V. Khurasan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
Chapter VI. Qūmis And Gurgān Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	112
Chapter VII. Ray and Hamadān Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
Chapter VIII. Qūhistān, Kirmān, And Makrān Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
Chapter IX. Fārs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	148
Chapter Χ. Iṣfahān, Kāshān, And Qum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Chapter XI. Luristān And Khūzistān Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	180
Chapter XII. Kurdistān And Mesopotamia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
Chapter XIII. The Mountains North Of Hamadān Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
Chapter XIV. Azerbaijan and Armenia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	214
Chapter XV. Gīlān And Māzandarān Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	230
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Balkh; Central Asia; Bactria; Iranian peoples; Zoroaster; Badakhshan; Iranian Plateau; Greater Iran; Oriental studies; Sasanian Empire; Timur; Naser al-Din Shah Qajar; Mazandaran Province; Persian literature; Ghaznavids; Tabaristan; Iranian languages; Buyid dynasty; Lahijan; Parthian Empire; Hephthalite Empire; Abbas I of Persia; Iran; Seljuq dynasty; Mahmud of Ghazni; Bukhara; East Turkestan; Aryan; Helmand Province; Khwarezm; Mazyar; Kushan Empire; Rasht; Afghanistan; Shahriyar; Afghan Turkestan; Inner Asia; Hindu Kush; Geography of Iran; Kandahar; Arachosia; Zahir al-Din; Al-Biruni; Sogdia; Gilan Province; Historiography; Manichaeism; Samarkand; Mazar-i-Sharif; Vishtaspa; Hasan al-Utrush; Islam; Phraates II; Yuezhi; Hudud al-'Alam; Ghiyath; Near East; Eastern world; Xiongnu; Rustam (Haqqani network); Ahura Mazda; Iskandar; Sayyid; Encyclopaedia of Islam; Uthman; Kabulistan; India Office; Baghlan; Caliphate; Pashtuns

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