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‘The Oriental geography of Ebn Haukal, an Arabian traveller of the tenth century’ [82] (135/388)
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 the Kourehs, or Districts, in the Province of Fcus^
or Pars.
T here are five Kourehs in this province, the most considerable
of which is the Koureh of Istakhar: oj<3
Ardeshir Dereh, in which are the cities of Shiraz and
Siraf. Jawr jj =^ also belongs to this district of Ardeshir,
because it was built by him, and was his capital, Arghan
is also a large city. The Koureh S hap our is the
smallest of these districts of Pars: the town is called after Sha-
pour, who built it, in the vicinity of j b" Cazeroun.
. But there are five places in Pars, which they call Zem *. The
signification of this word is, a tribe, or race (Arab. One
of these is more considerable than the others—the
Zem Heilouieh: this is called Zem Senjan. The
second is the c-yJ I Zem of Ahmed hen Leith.
it is called Zem\ * ^ The third is called
* In the Eton MS. there is a title in red ink prefixed to this passage—
The Zemoums of Fars •" an extraordinar)^ plural of Zem. As this section, and that
which follows, afford some curious matter, they are given in the original Persian, at
the end of this volume.
t The word following Zem in my MS. is rendered illegible by a blot of ink j and in
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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 View the complete information for this record
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- 306.37.C.18
- Title
- ‘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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- Public Domain