ÿþ<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <meta name="Author" content="Vassil Karloukovski"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0"> <meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document"> <title>Hudud al-'Alam - 22</title> </head> <body> <font face="Palatino Linotype"> <b><font size=+1>Hudud al-'Alam, The Regions of the World</font></b> <br><b>V. Minorsky</b> <br>&nbsp; </font> <p><font face="Palatino Linotype"><b>§ 22. Discourse on the Majghar+ Country</b> </font> <p><font face="Palatino Linotype">East of it is a mountain; south of it, <a href="#2.">[2]</a> a tribe of Christians (<i>tarsyn)</i> called V.n.nd.r; west and north of (the Majghar+) are the districts (<i>nawh</font><font face="Arial Unicode MS">#</font><font face="Palatino Linotype">i</font></i><font face="Palatino Linotype">) of the Rks. This country has some 20,000 men who take the field with their king (<i>b malikashn bar-nish+nand</i>). The king of this country is called *Jula (<img SRC="101_1.jpg" height=18 width=31 align=ABSBOTTOM> read:&nbsp;<img SRC="101_2.jpg" height=19 width=22 align=ABSBOTTOM>). This country is 150 farsangs in length by 100 farsangs in breadth. In winter they stay on the bank of a river which separates them from the Rks. Their food is fish and they live on it (<i>badhn zindagn+ gudharnadh</i>). They are very rich people but base <a href="#3.">[3]</a> (<i>mardumn+ bisyr-khwsta-and va-sufla</i>?). This country possesses many trees and running waters. The (people) are good-looking and awe-inspiring (<i>b-haybat</i>). The Majghar+ are at war with all the infidels living around them and are (usually) victorious (<i>bihtar&nbsp;yand</i>). </font> <p><font face="Palatino Linotype">And all these whom we have mentioned are the different categories of Turks (existing in the) world. Now we shall mention all the lands of Islam, and then the rest of the lands of the infidels (<i>Kfirn</i>), lying in the western parts. <br>&nbsp; </font> <p><font face="Palatino Linotype"><a NAME="2."></a><font size=-1><b>2.</b> <i>i.e.</i>, south of their country.</font> </font> <p><font face="Palatino Linotype"><a NAME="3."></a><font size=-1><b>3.</b> <i>sufla</i> is rather unexpected.</font> <br>&nbsp; </font> <p><font face="Palatino Linotype">[<a href="hud_21_c.html">Previous</a>] [<a href="hud_22_c.html">Next</a>] <br>[<a href="index.html">Back to Index</a>] </font> </body> </html>