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‘The Oriental geography of Ebn Haukal, an Arabian traveller of the tenth century’ [83] (136/388)
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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( 83 )
Zem Ahmed hen Saleh. The fourth is the Zem Sheh~
ryar, which they call Zem Badenjan. The fifth
J( * ♦ '
is the Ov^.! Zem Ahmed hen Alhosein, called
U;^ Zem Karma; and this is the Zem Ar-
deshir.
Account of the Joums of the Curds *,
T he Joums of the Curds are more than can be exactly num
bered ; but it is said that in Pars there are above five hundred
thousand houses or families), which, during winter and
summer, remain on the pasture-lands. Some of these Curds
maintain two hundred persons, such as shepherds, and labourers,
and grooms, and boys or servants, and such like. Their number
cannot be ascertained.
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the Eton MS. (like too many other proper names) it is written without any diacritical
points, thus^Lsr J, '> J — an(: l consequently capable of various readings.
* — •
* If the the word youm had not been too plainly written in this place, and the fol
lowing passage, I would have altered it to Koum, tribe, people, family, &c.—-
Captain F rancklin , in his Tour to Persia {^London edition, 1790, octavo, p. 199),
mentions " some hundreds of wandering Curds and Turkomans," whom his party met
in the vicinity of Persepolis. They were then removing, with their families, flocks,
and herds, to the southward of Shiraz ; and resembled, in their sun-burnt, tawny com
plexions, the Gypsies of Europe.
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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