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 - Index</title> <style> <!-- A {text-decoration: none} A:hover {color: red; text-decoration: underline} --> </style> </head> <body> <center><font face="Palatino Linotype"><b><font size=+1>Hudud al-'Alam, The Regions of the World</font></b> <br><b>A Persian Geography, 372 A.H. - 982 A.D.</b></font></center> <div align=right><font size=-2 face="Palatino Linotype">.</font></div> <center><font size=-1 face="Palatino Linotype">translated and explained by </font> <font face="Palatino Linotype"><b>V. Minorsky</b></font><font size=-1 face="Palatino Linotype">&nbsp; (Oxford UP, London, 1937)</font></center> <blockquote><font face="Palatino Linotype"><i><a href="hud_contents.html">Contents</a></i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Maps (<a href="map_ii.jpg">ii. Black Sea lands according to Idrisi</a>, <a href="map_xii.jpg">xii. Eastern Europe</a>) <br><a href="hud_transl_preface.html">Minorsky's Preface</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Barthold's Preface&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="hud_dates.html">Dates of the Principal Authorities</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="hud_abbr.html">Abbreviations</a> </font> <p><font face="Palatino Linotype"><b>The chapters of the Hudud al-'Alam</b>: <br><font size=2>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  <br></font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>20. </b><a href="hud_20.html">The country of the Pechenegs</a>&nbsp;  &nbsp; <i><a href="hud_20_c.html">Commentary</a></i> <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>21.</b> <a href="hud_21.html">The country of the Khifiakh</a>&nbsp;  &nbsp; <i><a href="hud_21_c.html">Commentary</a></i> <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>22.</b> <a href="hud_22.html">The country of the Majghari</a>&nbsp;  &nbsp; <i><a href="hud_22_c.html">Commentary</a></i> <font size=2> <br>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  <br></font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>42.</b> <a href="hud_42.html">The country of Byzantium (Rum)</a>&nbsp;  &nbsp; <i><a href="hud_42_c.html">Commentary</a></i> <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>43.</b> <a href="hud_43.html">The country of the Slavs (Saqlab)</a>&nbsp;  &nbsp; <i><a href="hud_43-53_c.html">Commentary1</a></i>&nbsp;  &nbsp; <a href="hud_43_c.html">Commentary2</a> <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>44.</b> <a href="hud_44.html">The country of the Rus</a>&nbsp;  &nbsp; <i><a href="hud_44_c.html">Commentary</a></i> <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>45.</b> <a href="hud_45.html">The country of the Inner Bulghar</a>&nbsp;  &nbsp; <i><a href="hud_45_c.html">Commentary</a></i> <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>46.</b> <a href="hud_46.html">The country of the Mirvat</a>&nbsp;  &nbsp; <i><a href="hud_46_c.html">Commentary</a></i> <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>47.</b> <a href="hud_47.html">The country of the Khazarian Pechenegs</a>&nbsp;  &nbsp; <i><a href="hud_47_c.html">Commentary</a></i> <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>48.</b> <a href="hud_48.html">The country of the Alan</a>&nbsp;  &nbsp; <i><a href="hud_48_c.html">Commentary</a></i> <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>49.</b> <a href="hud_49.html">The Country of the Sarir</a>&nbsp;  &nbsp; <i><a href="hud_49_c.html">Commentary</a></i> <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>50.</b> <a href="hud_50.html">The country of the Khazar</a>&nbsp;  &nbsp; <i><a href="hud_50_c.html">Commentary</a></i> <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>51.</b> <a href="hud_51.html">The country of the Burtas [<i>read</i>: Bulghar]</a>&nbsp;  &nbsp; <i><a href="hud_51_c.html">Commentary</a></i> <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>52.</b> <a href="hud_52.html">The country of the Baradhas</a>&nbsp;  &nbsp; <i><a href="hud_52_c.html">Commentary</a></i> <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>53.</b> <a href="hud_53.html">The country of the V.n.nd.r</a>&nbsp;  <i><a href="hud_53_c.html">Commentary</a></i> <font size=2> <br>54. Southern Unhabited lands  55. Zangistan  56. Zabaj  57. Abbyssinia  58. Buja  59. Nubia  60. Sudan  61. Epilogue </font> </font> <p><font face="Palatino Linotype"><i><font size=2>Appendix</font></i><font size="2"> <br></font><i><font size=2>Index</font></i></font></blockquote> <font face="Palatino Linotype">[<a href="../pb_others.html">Back</a>] </font> </body> </html>