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province of kirman.
[CHAP. X.
The Parthians are supposed to have been of Celtic, or
rather of Scythian origin; for 1 their language appears to be
a mixture of the Scythian with the Median tongue ; but
tradition asserts that their ancestor was Pathrusim, the son
of Mizraim. 3
Extent of Kirman , the last province to be noticed, fills up the space
between Khorasan, Fars, Afghanistan, and Mekran. From
the eastern side of Cape Jask, it stretches irregularly along
Mekran, in the general- direction of N.N.E., as far as its
northern extremity; 3 and from thence it runs N.W. about
90 miles to the south-eastern extremity of Khorasan, 4 which
province it skirts nearly due west for upwards of 200 miles,
as far as the north-eastern extremity of Fars. 5 Passing near
Lake Bakhtegan, it proceeds again onward, in a S.S. W. direc
tion, to the Jebel-abad mountains, which it follows towards
the W.S.W., forming at the same time the northern side of
Laristan, 6 as far as the extremity of the last-mentioned
province.
The surface of Kirman (including Laristan) contains about
72,741 square miles; but, excepting the information derived
from the natives, and the accounts furnished by Tavernier,
Pottinger, and some other adventurous Europeans, little has
been known of the interior of this province since the time
of the ancient geographers.
Character of It is, however, a mountainous tract, and the princinal
the country. . ro r- , ^ r i
range is an offset from the Kohistan of Baluchistan. This
range, under the name of the Jebel-abad (silver mountains),
runs W.N.W. through Carmania Felix, and along the
northern side of Laristan, as far as Cape Berdistan, and
sends ramifications southward into both of those provinces.
The second range takes a westerly direction in a double line
from the same point, passing by the capital, and proceeding
towards Fars. To the northward of this chain is Desert, or
Justin, lib. XLI., cap. i. 3 Genesis x. 14.
3 In 30° 15 N. latitude, and 60° 28' E. longitude.
4 In 30° 17' N. latitude, and 59° 48' E. longitude.
In 31° 20' N. latitude, and 55° 25' E. longitude.
6 At Cape Berdistdn, in 21° 48' N. latitude, and 52° E. longitude.