‘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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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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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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- 306.37.C.18
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- ‘The Oriental geography of Ebn Haukal, an Arabian traveller of the tenth century’
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1:38, 1:328, v-r:vii-v, back-i
- Author
- Ouseley, Sir William
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