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‘The Oriental geography of Ebn Haukal, an Arabian traveller of the tenth century’ [‎203] (256/388)

The record is made up of 1 volume (327 pages). It was created in 1800. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.

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( 203 )
Account of Seiestan or Sejestan.
The east of Seiestan is bounded by the desert of
Makran, and of the land of Sind cX-Lw and partly by the
territories of (^UJ Multan. To the west it has Khorasan and
part of the territories of Hind: To the north it has Hindoostan;
it is bounded on the south by the deserts of Seiestan and Kirman.
Zarinje is fortified, and has a castle, with walls and
ditches: the water which supplies these ditches, springs up in
them ; and it has other supplies of water. It has also five gates.
One gate is called jO Deri Alien (iron gate) ; another, the
Dervazeh Kohen : a road passes through each of
these gates. The third gate is that of Gurkouneh, on
the Khorasan road. The fourth, called Der Beleski,
(perhaps for Bosti) leads to C^ j Bost: this is the most
frequented of any of these gates. All these have gates of iron.
The fortifications have thirteen gates: one called Uyycj ojl
Dervazeh Remind, or Meina, which leads to Pars; another,
the bO oj Uj eS Dervazeh Gurkan; the third, Dervazeh
Ashirek ; the fourth, Deri San; the
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The Oriental geography of Ebn Haukal, an Arabian traveller of the tenth century , translated from the author’s own manuscript, and collated with one preserved at the Library of Eton College by Sir William Ouseley.

Publication details: Printed at the Oriental Press by Wilson & Co., Wild-Court, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, for T Cadell Junior and W Davies, Strand, London, 1800.

Physical description: One volume, initial Roman numeral pagination (i-xxxvi), 327 pages, fold-out map.

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1 volume (327 pages)
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This volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings and page references. There is an alphabetic index at the back of the volume.

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Dimensions: 280mm x 220mm.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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