The Lands of the Eastern CaliphateCambridge University Press, 16 de juny 2011 - 596 pàgines The Cambridge Geographical Series originated in the late nineteenth century as a means of providing introductory guides to a broad variety of topics. In this volume, which was first published in 1905, the focus is on the information gathered by medieval Arab, Persian and Turkish geographers, who described the Mesopotamia and Persia, together with the nearer parts of central Asia. The text is consummately researched, quoting from a broad range of sources, and containing numerous maps of the area during different periods. Written with the general reader in mind, this is a highly readable book that will be of value to anyone with an interest in the Middle East or historical geography. |
Continguts
CHAPTER I | 1 |
INDEX | 23 |
The division of Mesopotamia Northern and Southern Irâk or Babylonia | 24 |
LIST OF MAPS | 36 |
CHAPTER III | 39 |
CHAPTER IV | 53 |
The bifurcation of the Euphrates The Sûrâ channel Kaşr Ibn Hubayrah | 70 |
CHAPTER VI | 86 |
FÂRS | 248 |
CHAPTER XVIII | 262 |
CHAPTER XIX | 275 |
CHAPTER XX | 288 |
The five districts of Kirmân The two capitals Sîrjân the first capital | 299 |
CHAPTER XXII | 311 |
CHAPTER XXIII | 322 |
CHAPTER XXIV | 334 |
CHAPTER VII | 101 |
II | 112 |
CHAPTER VIII | 115 |
RÛM OR ASIA MINOR | 127 |
VI | 133 |
CHAPTER X | 144 |
CHAPTER XI | 159 |
CHAPTER XII | 172 |
The province of Jibâl or Irâk Ajam with its four districts Ķirmasîn | 185 |
CHAPTER XIV | 200 |
CHAPTER XV | 214 |
CHAPTER XVI | 232 |
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
The Lands of the Eastern Caliphate: Mesopotamia, Persia, and Central Asia ... Guy Le Strange Visualització completa - 1905 |
The Lands of the Eastern Caliphate: Mesopotamia, Persia, and Central Asia ... Guy Le Strange Visualització completa - 1905 |
The Lands of the Eastern Caliphate: Mesopotamia, Persia, and Central Asia ... Guy Le Strange Previsualització limitada - 1905 |
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