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نہریست بر چهار فرسخي بصره و

برگذاران شهرهي ابد شده

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Names.

ÁBULISTÁN, a territory near Malatíah, on the borders of Rúm and Syria (Shám)

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ASHÁM, a territory on the north of Bengál.

ÁGRAH, (spelt with the Persian letter Gáf,) a place in India

ÁMID (equivalent in rhyme to

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• Not described in the original MS. The name is sometimes written after the Arabic manner

The celebrated ابرقوه.

geographer Hamdallah Mastowfi, (in his "Nuzahat-alKulub,") and Zakaría Kazvíni, (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 aklim ") informs us that "Aberkúh formerly was reckoned as a town of Fárs, but now belongs to Irák: "

ابرقوه سابق داخل فارس بوده و الحال تعلق بعراق دارد

and the Burhán-i-Káteâ " 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

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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. Áberkúh 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 Síávesh, 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.”

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to Farhang), a place in Badakshán 101 45

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IZMÍR (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 Emír Taimúr 70 20 ASADÁBÁD

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* In the province of Fárs, placed in long. 86-30, lat. 30-15, by Hamdallah Kazvíni, who informs us that in com

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and Ulugh Beig place Arján in long. 86-30, lat. 35-30.

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