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 - 45</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"><img SRC="line_down.gif" height=18 width=596> <br>160&nbsp;&nbsp; <i>Hudud al-Alam</i>&nbsp;&nbsp; §§ 45-8 <br>&nbsp; </font> <p><font face="Palatino Linotype"><b>§ 45. Discourse on the Country of the Inner Bulghrs </b><a href="#1.">[1]</a> </font> <p><font face="Palatino Linotype">East of it (live) the Mirvt [so spelt]; south of it, is the Gurz Sea; west of it, the&nbsp;S</font><font face="Arial Unicode MS">#</font><font face="Palatino Linotype">aqlbs; north of it, the Rks mountain. It is a country without towns. The people are courageous, warlike, and terror-inspiring (b haybat). Their nature resembles that of the Turks living near the Khazar country. The Inner Bulghrs are at war with all the Rks, but carry on commerce (<i>bzurgn+ </i><a href="#2.">[2]</a><i>kunand</i>) with all those who live around them (<i>az gird-i vay</i>). They possess sheep, arms, and implements of war (<i>lt-i&nbsp;h</font><font face="Arial Unicode MS">#</font><font face="Palatino Linotype">arb</font></i><font face="Palatino Linotype">). <br>&nbsp; </font> <p><font face="Palatino Linotype"><a NAME="1."></a><font size=-1><b>1.</b> Bulghr-i andarkni.</font> </font> <p><font face="Palatino Linotype"><a NAME="2."></a><font size=-1><b>2.</b> Cf. p. 159, l. 37. (i.e.  2.&nbsp;S</font><font face="Arial Unicode MS">#</font><font face="Palatino Linotype">.LBA (? ??), a pleasant town )</font></font><font face="Palatino Linotype"> <br>&nbsp; </font> <p><font face="Palatino Linotype">[<a href="hud_44_c.html">Previous</a>] [<a href="hud_45_c.html">Next</a>] <br>[<a href="index.html">Back to Index</a>] </font> </body> </html>