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THOMAS WRIGHT, ESQ. M.A. F.S.A. ETC.

CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE.

LONDON:

HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.

1854.

LONDON:

R. CLAY, PRINTER, BREAD STREET HILL.

CHAPTER II.-Of Armenia Minor-Of the Port of Laiassus-And of the Boun-

daries of the Province

CHAPTER III.-Of the Province called Turkomania, where are the Cities of

Kogni, Kaisariah, and Sevasta, and of its Commerce

CHAPTER IV.-Of Armenia Major, in which are the Cities of Arzingan, Argiron,

and Darziz-Of the Castle of Paipurth-Of the Mountain where the Ark of-

Noah rested-Of the Boundaries of the Province-And of a remarkable

Fountain of Oil

CHAPTER V.-Of the Province of Zorzania and its Boundaries-Of the Pass

where Alexander the Great constructed the Gate of Iron-And of the

miraculous Circumstances attending a Fountain at Teflis

CHAPTER VI.-Of the Province of Mosul and its different Inhabitants-Of the

People named Kurds-And of the Trade of this Country

CHAPTER VII. Of the great City of Baldach or Bagadet, anciently called

Babylon-Of the Navigation from thence to Balsara, situated in what is

termed the Sea of India, but properly the Persian Gulf-And of the various

Sciences studied in that City

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CHAPTER VIII.-Concerning the Capture and Death of the Khalif of Baldach,

and the miraculous Removal of a Mountain

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CHAPTER IX. Of the noble City of Tauris, in Irak, and of its Commercial and

other Inhabitants

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CHAPTER X.-Of the Monastery of Saint Barsamo, in the Neighbourhood of

Tauris

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CHAPTER XI.-Of the Province of Persia.

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CHAPTER XII.-Of the Names of the Eight Kingdoms that constitute the Pro-

vince of Persia, and of the Breed of Horses and of Asses found therein.

CHAPTER XIII. Of the City of Yasdi and its Manufactures, and of the

Animals found in the Country between that place and Kierman

CHAPTER XIV. Of the Kingdom of Kierman, by the Ancients named Kar-

mania-Of its Fossil and Mineral Productions-Its Manufactures-Its

Falcons-And of a great Descent observed upon passing out of that

Country

CHAPTER XV. Of the City of Kamandu, and District of Reobarle-Of certain

Birds found there- Of a peculiar kind of Oxen-And of the Karaunas, a

Tribe of Robbers

CHAPTER XVI.-Of the City of Ormus, situated on an Island not far from the

Main, in the Sea of India-Of its Commercial Importance-And of the hot

Wind that blows there.

CHAPTER XVII.-Of the Shipping employed at Ormus-Of the Season in

which the Fruits are produced-And of the Manner of Living and Customs

of the Inhabitants

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CHAPTER XVIII. Of the Country travelled over upon leaving Ormus, and

returning to Kierman by a different Route; and of a bitterness in the Bread

occasioned by the Quality of the Water

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CHAPTER XIX. Of the desert Country between Kierman and Kobiam, and

of the bitter Quality of the Water

ib.