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‘The Oriental geography of Ebn Haukal, an Arabian traveller of the tenth century’ [‎112] (165/388)

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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( 112 )
farsang; from Meimed to oOJLc Akdeh, ten farsang; from
Akdeh to ^ aj U Manein, fifteen farsang; from Manein to Isfa
han, forty-five farsang; from Roudan to Manein, eighty-three
farsang.
Of the Water, and Climate, and Soil of Fars*.
T he land of Fars is divided into the warm region, lying to the
south, as far as i ^ jjj ^ Karzin, and Zem, and
Da rah gird, to Firkh and Hereje. The northern
division is cold.
In the warm region are comprised Arghan, and
Nubendjan, and Mahrooian, and
Sinir, and Jenabah, and Touje, and
Deshti Reshak, and Her eh, and Darein, and
Jawr, and Cazeroun, and (^ j ^U Marein, and
S emir an, and Khemqigan, and ^ \^y c ^
flor muz Keran, and ^? I Siraf and BiJ erem, and
^ ^2^ Hesn ebn Omareh, and other places; but these
are the principal.
# The title of this section is given from the Eton MS.—In mine a blank space is
left for it.

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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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