ایسا اطوال عروض . فرع آبله-نهریست بر چهار فرسخي بصره و در کنار آن شهرهاي اباد شده ابيورد از خراسانست میان نسا سرخس . صح م و اردستان ولایتي است از عراق عجم أهالي آنجا بافراط خشم موصوف اند . فز 8 ارزن الروم- ولایتي است از ارمنيه Names. Long Lat. . ÁBU Listán, a territory near Malatíah, on the borders of Rúm and Syria (Sham) 71 0 38 30 Ashán, a territory on the north of Bengal 132 0 35 0 ÁMID (equivalent in rhyme to Ání (equivalent in rhyme to 88 0 31 30 99 30 41 30 The celebrated .ابرقوه * Not described in the original MS. The name is sometimes written after the Arabic manner . geographer Hamdallah Mastou fi, (in his “ Nuzahat-alKulúb,”) and Zakaria Kazvini, (in his “ Seir al Belád,”) place this city in Fárs; but more modern writers assign it to the adjoining province of Irák Âjem : thus Emín Rázi (in his “ Haft aklím ”) informs us that “ Aberkúh formerly was reckoned as a town of Fárs, but now belongs to Irák : ” , and the “ Burhán-i-Kátea ” describes it as a town of Irák Âjem. We learn from different accounts that the original city had been constructed on the summit of a hill, and therefore called “ Aber-Kúh,” (or “ Ber Kúh,”) a name ex ابرقوه-سابق داخل فارس بوده و الحال تعلق بعراق دارد عروض اطوال اسها ابلستان ولایتي است قریب بلطيه .عا از حدود روم و شام له ع اشام - ولایتي است بر شالي بنائه . قلب ع ما ع آني بر وزن فاني شهریست بارمنیه . عط . في ابرقوه اتراراز ترکستان و انرا فاریاب نیز . صط ل کویند مما ل pressing its situation, and this name is still retained, and applied to the modern town, which, the old one having been ruined, was built on a plain not far from the hill. Aberkúh appears in ancient romances as the scene of many remarkable and interesting events. Not long ago was shown, (and probably still exists,) near this place, a considerable mound or heap, which, according to local tradition, consists of ashes, and indicates the spot where young prince Siávesh, in consequence of a false accusation made by the queen, his enamoured and disappointed stepmother, was obliged to pass through a blazing pile of wood, and proved his innocence by undergoing the fiery ordeal without injury. This circumstance is a favourite subject with the painters, who illuminate fine manuscript copies of Firdausi's great heroic poem, the “ Sháh Námeh.” E Names. Long Lat. Ajmír, in India UJEín, a place of Málwah in India AHMEDNAGAR, a place of Dekkan in India Ікнмім (or Eкнмім), in the Sâid of Egypt Arján, a place of Ahwaz, (in the province of Khúzistán, or Susiana) Ardebil, in Ázerbáiján Arzenján, a territory of Armenia 39 40 47 45 ARGHÁN * 94 0 Arhang (equivalent in rhyme to Farhang), a place in Badakshán 101 45 Izmir (Smyrna), a castle or fortress on the (salt or main) sea, on the borders of Rúm : it was taken from the Franks (or European Christians) by Emir Taimúr 70 20 ASADÁBAD 88 10 47 40 35 0 * In the province of Fárs, placed in long. 86-30, lat. 30-15, by Hamdallah Kazvini, who informs us that in com |