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 - 53</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>§ 53. Discourse on the Country of V.n.nd.r</b> </font> <p><font face="Palatino Linotype">East of it are the B.rdhs; south of it, the Khazars; west of it, mountains; north of it, the Majghar+. They are cowards (<i>badh-dil</i>), weak, poor (<i>darv+sh</i>), and possess few goods (<i>khwsta</i>). <br>&nbsp; </font> <p><font face="Palatino Linotype"><img SRC="line_down.gif" height=18 width=596> <br>§ 53-6&nbsp;&nbsp; <i>"The Regions of the World"</i>&nbsp;&nbsp; 163 </font> <p><font face="Palatino Linotype">All these [countries] which we have enumerated are all countries, both of Islamic and Infidel dominions (<i>Musalman+ va Kfir+</i>), situated in the northern part of the oecumene (<i>nh</font><font face="Arial Unicode MS">#</font><font face="Palatino Linotype">iyat-i shiml az&nbsp;bdhn+-yi jihn</i>). </font> <p><font face="Palatino Linotype">{1. BULGHR, a town to which belongs a small province (<i>nh</font><font face="Arial Unicode MS">#</font><font face="Palatino Linotype">iyat</i>) on the bank of the river&nbsp;til. The inhabitants are all Muslims. From (Bulghr) some 20,000 horsemen (<i>mard-i savr</i>) come out who fight against any number (<i>b har chand k+ buvad</i>) of infidel troops and have the upper hand. The place is extremely (<i>sakht va bisyr</i>) pleasant. </font> <p><font face="Palatino Linotype">2. SUVR, a town near Bulghr. In it live fighters for the faith similar to (the people of) Bulghr.} <a href="#1.">[1]</a> <br>&nbsp; </font> <p><font face="Palatino Linotype"><a NAME="1."></a><font size=-1><b>1.</b> The passage in {&nbsp; } belongs to § 51.</font> <br>&nbsp; </font> <p><font face="Palatino Linotype">[<a href="hud_52_c.html">Previous</a>] [<a href="hud_53_c.html">Next</a>] <br>[<a href="index.html">Back to Index</a>] </font> </body> </html>