THE GEOGRAPHICAL WORKS OP SADIK ISFAHÁNI. No. II. The TAKWÍM AL BULDÁN, or Tables showing the degrees of Longitude and Latitude of various places. 44 30 Alán, a territory bordering on Ámul, in the province of Mázinderán 87 20 Ávah, a harbour on the coast of the Chinese Sea 135 0 36 40 55 0 . . • It appears from a letter of Sir William Ouseley (quoted in the Preface) that Sádik Isfaháni, like most of the older Persian geographers, reckoned the degrees of longitude (WINes tu ;D) " from the Fortunate Islands,” and of latitude (güel bo ;!) “ from the equinoctial line.” تقويم الدان ا عروض اطوال . فع ل لز ك بدرياي كيلان الد ع . فه است ال . سح اقسراي آلان ولایتي است بحدود شیروان و . فج ح گرجستان مد ك * The original manuscript does not give any description of Ákserái, but Nasir Túsi places it in long. 68-0, lat. 38-0. (See Hudson's “ Geogr. Script. Minores,” vol. iii. p. 94.) The name, in Turkish, signifies the “ white palace, or mansion.” Sadik Isfaháni has already mentioned it as a town of Karámán.--" Tahkik al Iráb,” p. 39.) Names. Long. Lat. UBULLAH, a river or canal within four farsangs of Basrah, on the borders of which were populous towns 86 0 30 15 ÁBIVARD, .in Khurasan, between Nesá and Sarakhs 98 40 37 35 Atheníay, the city of philosophers 65 40 38 30 Uchah, a place in Sind 39 30 AHMEDábád, a place of Gujerat in India 109 0 21 0 AKHLÁt, in Armenia 77 0 39 0 Erbel, a city near the borders of Mausel 77 20 35 0 106 0 ARJís, in Armenia . 73 0 38 30 ARDESTÁN, a district of Irak Âjem : the people of this place are, it is said, prone to excessive anger and violence ARZENALRUM, (ARZER’RUM,) a territory of Armenia, on the borders of Rúm 87 0 38 0 77 0 39 40 Urmíth, in the province of Ázerbáiján 79 0 37 0 |