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 Hudud al-'Alam - Index
 

Hudud al-'Alam, The Regions of the World
A Persian Geography, 372 A.H. - 982 A.D.

translated and explained by V. Minorsky

(Oxford UP, London, 1937)

 

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            Contents                                                                                       Maps (ii. Black Sea lands according to Idrisi, xii. Eastern Europe)


Minorsky's Preface             Barthold's Preface            Dates of the Principal Authorities            Abbreviations

The chapters of the Hudud al-'Alam:

      1. Preface — 2. The disposition of the Earth — 3. Seas — 4. Islands — 5. Mountains — 6. Rivers

       7. Deserts — 8. Countries of the World — 9. Chinistan — 10. Hindustan — 11. Tibet — 12. Toghuzghuz and Tatar — 13. Yaghma — 14. Khirkhiz — 15. Khallukh — 16. Chigil — 17. Tukhs — 18. Kimak — 19. Ghuz —
    20. The country of the Pechenegs  —  Commentary
    21. The country of the Khifiakh  —  Commentary
    22. The country of the Majghari  —  Commentary
23. Khurasan — 24. Marches of Khurasan — 25. Transoxiana — 26. Marches of Transoxiana — 27. Sind — 28. Kirman — 29. Fars — 30. Khuzistan — 31. Jibal — 32. Daylaman — 33. 'Iraq — 34. Jazira — 35. Adharbadhagan — 36. Arminiya and Arran — 37. Arabs — 38. Syria — 39. Egypt — 40. Maghrib — 41. Spain —
    42. The country of Byzantium (Rum)  —  Commentary
    43. The country of the Slavs (Saqlab)  —  Commentary1  —  Commentary2
    44. The country of the Rus  —  Commentary
    45. The country of the Inner Bulghar  —  Commentary
    46. The country of the Mirvat  —  Commentary
    47. The country of the Khazarian Pechenegs  —  Commentary
    48. The country of the Alan  —  Commentary
    49. The Country of the Sarir  —  Commentary
    50. The country of the Khazar  —  Commentary
    51. The country of the Burtas [read: Bulghar]  —  Commentary
    52. The country of the Baradhas  —  Commentary
    53. The country of the V.n.nd.r  — Commentary
    
54. Southern Unhabited lands — 55. Zangistan — 56. Zabaj — 57. Abbyssinia — 58. Buja — 59. Nubia — 60. Sudan — 61. Epilogue

Appendix
Index

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