An Historical Geography of Iran

by Vasilii Vladimirovich Barthold, Svat Soucek (Translator)

Overview

This volume is a compendium of the rich archeological and literary evidence on the Iranian world in its larger sense, comprising part of what is now Soviet Central Asia and Afghanistan as well as Iran proper.

Originally published in 1984.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780691640006
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	04/19/2016
Series:	Modern Classics in Near Eastern Studies , #65
Pages:	310
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

• FrontMatter, pg. i
• Contents, pg. v
• List of Abbreviations, pg. vii
• Editor's introduction, pg. xv
• Introduction, pg. 1
• Chapter I. Bactria, Balkh, and Ṭukhāristan, pg. 6
• Chapter II. Marw and the Course of the Murghāb, pg. 35
• Chapter III. Harāt and the Course of the Ηarī Rūd, pg. 47
• Chapter IV. Sīstān, the Southern Part of Afghanistan and Balūchistān, pg. 64
• Chapter V. Khurasan, pg. 87
• Chapter VI. Qūmis And Gurgān, pg. 112
• Chapter VII. Ray and Hamadān, pg. 121
• Chapter VIII. Qūhistān, Kirmān, And Makrān, pg. 133
• Chapter IX. Fārs, pg. 148
• Chapter Χ. Iṣfahān, Kāshān, And Qum, pg. 169
• Chapter XI. Luristān And Khūzistān, pg. 180
• Chapter XII. Kurdistān And Mesopotamia, pg. 195
• Chapter XIII. The Mountains North Of Hamadān, pg. 207
• Chapter XIV. Azerbaijan and Armenia, pg. 214
• Chapter XV. Gīlān And Māzandarān, pg. 230
• BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 243
• INDEX, pg. 267