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Hudud al-‘Alam ‘The Regions of the World’
This chapter is in the book Hudud al-‘Alam ‘The Regions of the World’
© 1982, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh

© 1982, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION v
  3. INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO THE SECOND SERIES OF ADDENDA viii
  4. COMMENTS ON THE TEXTUAL IMPROVEMENTS SUGGESTED BY DR. MANUCHIHR SOTUDEH IN HIS EDITION OF THE PERSIAN TEXT (TEHRAN 1340/1962) x
  5. THE SECOND SERIES OF ADDENDA xv
  6. THE TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE xxxvi
  7. ADDENDA TO THE ḤUDŪD AL-'ĀLAM l
  8. CONTENTS lxxviii
  9. LIST OF MAPS lxxviii
  10. PART ONE. V. V. BARTHOLD'S PREFACE 1
  11. PART TWO. ḤUDŪD AL-'ĀLAM "THE REGIONS OF THE WORLD" 45
  12. PART III COMMENTARY ON THE TRANSLATION OF THE ḤUDŪD AL-'ĀLAM
  13. DATES OF THE PRINCIPAL AUTHORITIES 168
  14. ABBREVIATIONS 169
  15. 1. Prefatory 173
  16. 2. Cosmographic 178
  17. 3. The Seas and the Gulfs 179
  18. 4. The Islands 186
  19. 5. The Mountains 193
  20. 6. The Rivers 205
  21. 7. The Deserts and Sands 221
  22. 8. On the countries 223
  23. 9. Chinistān 223
  24. 10. India 235
  25. 11. Tibet 254
  26. 12-17. The South-Eastern Turks 263
  27. 12. The Toghuzghuz 263
  28. 13. The Yaghmā 277
  29. 14. The Khirkhiz 282
  30. 15. The Khallukh 286
  31. 16. The Chigil 297
  32. 17. The Tukhs 300
  33. 18-22. The north-western Turks 304
  34. 18. The Kimāk 304
  35. 19. The Ghūz 311
  36. 20. The Turkish Pechenegs 312
  37. 21. The Khifchākh (Qipchaq) 315
  38. 22. The Majgharĭ 317
  39. 23. Khorāsān 324
  40. 24. Khorasanian marches 342
  41. 25. Transoxiana 351
  42. 26. Transoxanian marches 359
  43. 27. Sind 371
  44. 28. Kirmān 373
  45. 29. Fārs 376
  46. 30. Khūzistān 380
  47. 31. The Jibāl 382
  48. 32. Daylamān 384
  49. 33. 'Irāq 392
  50. 34. Jazĭra 392
  51. 35-6. Ādharbādhagān [Armĭniya and Arrān] 393
  52. 37. Arabia 411
  53. 38. Syria 414
  54. 39. Egypt 415
  55. 40. Maghrib 416
  56. 41. Spain 417
  57. 42 . Byzantine Empire 418
  58. 43-53. Eastern Europe 425
  59. 43. The Slavs 427
  60. 44. The Riis 432
  61. 45. The Inner Bulghār 438
  62. 46. The Mirvāt 440
  63. 47· The Khazarian Pechenegs 443
  64. 48. The Alan 444
  65. 49. The Sarĭr 447
  66. 50. The Khazar 450
  67. 51. [The Bulkār.] 460
  68. 52. Burādhās (?) 462
  69. 53. V.n.nd.r. 465
  70. 54. Southern Countries 471
  71. 55. Zangistān 471
  72. 56. Zābaj 472
  73. 57. Abyssinia 473
  74. 58. Buja 474
  75. 59. Nubia 475
  76. 60. The Sūdān 476
  77. APPENDIX A MARGINAL NOTES IN THE Ḥ.-'A 479
  78. APPENDIX B ADDITIONAL NOTES 481
  79. INDEX 483
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781909724754-005

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION v
  3. INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO THE SECOND SERIES OF ADDENDA viii
  4. COMMENTS ON THE TEXTUAL IMPROVEMENTS SUGGESTED BY DR. MANUCHIHR SOTUDEH IN HIS EDITION OF THE PERSIAN TEXT (TEHRAN 1340/1962) x
  5. THE SECOND SERIES OF ADDENDA xv
  6. THE TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE xxxvi
  7. ADDENDA TO THE ḤUDŪD AL-'ĀLAM l
  8. CONTENTS lxxviii
  9. LIST OF MAPS lxxviii
  10. PART ONE. V. V. BARTHOLD'S PREFACE 1
  11. PART TWO. ḤUDŪD AL-'ĀLAM "THE REGIONS OF THE WORLD" 45
  12. PART III COMMENTARY ON THE TRANSLATION OF THE ḤUDŪD AL-'ĀLAM
  13. DATES OF THE PRINCIPAL AUTHORITIES 168
  14. ABBREVIATIONS 169
  15. 1. Prefatory 173
  16. 2. Cosmographic 178
  17. 3. The Seas and the Gulfs 179
  18. 4. The Islands 186
  19. 5. The Mountains 193
  20. 6. The Rivers 205
  21. 7. The Deserts and Sands 221
  22. 8. On the countries 223
  23. 9. Chinistān 223
  24. 10. India 235
  25. 11. Tibet 254
  26. 12-17. The South-Eastern Turks 263
  27. 12. The Toghuzghuz 263
  28. 13. The Yaghmā 277
  29. 14. The Khirkhiz 282
  30. 15. The Khallukh 286
  31. 16. The Chigil 297
  32. 17. The Tukhs 300
  33. 18-22. The north-western Turks 304
  34. 18. The Kimāk 304
  35. 19. The Ghūz 311
  36. 20. The Turkish Pechenegs 312
  37. 21. The Khifchākh (Qipchaq) 315
  38. 22. The Majgharĭ 317
  39. 23. Khorāsān 324
  40. 24. Khorasanian marches 342
  41. 25. Transoxiana 351
  42. 26. Transoxanian marches 359
  43. 27. Sind 371
  44. 28. Kirmān 373
  45. 29. Fārs 376
  46. 30. Khūzistān 380
  47. 31. The Jibāl 382
  48. 32. Daylamān 384
  49. 33. 'Irāq 392
  50. 34. Jazĭra 392
  51. 35-6. Ādharbādhagān [Armĭniya and Arrān] 393
  52. 37. Arabia 411
  53. 38. Syria 414
  54. 39. Egypt 415
  55. 40. Maghrib 416
  56. 41. Spain 417
  57. 42 . Byzantine Empire 418
  58. 43-53. Eastern Europe 425
  59. 43. The Slavs 427
  60. 44. The Riis 432
  61. 45. The Inner Bulghār 438
  62. 46. The Mirvāt 440
  63. 47· The Khazarian Pechenegs 443
  64. 48. The Alan 444
  65. 49. The Sarĭr 447
  66. 50. The Khazar 450
  67. 51. [The Bulkār.] 460
  68. 52. Burādhās (?) 462
  69. 53. V.n.nd.r. 465
  70. 54. Southern Countries 471
  71. 55. Zangistān 471
  72. 56. Zābaj 472
  73. 57. Abyssinia 473
  74. 58. Buja 474
  75. 59. Nubia 475
  76. 60. The Sūdān 476
  77. APPENDIX A MARGINAL NOTES IN THE Ḥ.-'A 479
  78. APPENDIX B ADDITIONAL NOTES 481
  79. INDEX 483
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