Ṣuwar al-aqālīm (K. 1)

<p style='text-align: justify;'><p>A Persian treatise on Geography. The work appears to have been translated from the Arabic original of which the authorship is uncertain. The date is indicated by two passages on <a href='http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-BROWNE-K-00001/26'>f. 11v</a> and <a href='http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-BROWNE-K-00001/30'>13v</a>, where Spain is spoken of as "still in the hands of the Umayyads", and as ruled by ʻAbd al-Raḥmān III, Caliph of Cordova, 891-961, who reigned 912-961 and who adopted the title of caliph in 929 CE (317 AH). The mention of numerous fire-temples in Fars also points to an early date, for example on <a href='http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-BROWNE-K-00001/69'>f. 33r</a> : ذکر آتشکدهای فارس ، هیج ناحیتی و روستائی نیست که نه درو آتش گاهی هست آنچه بزرگترست و معروفتر ازآن یاد کنیم،. This copy of the manuscript is imperfect at the beginning and end. There are certainly some dislocations and some of the leaves at the end should be at the beginning. The regions are treated in the following order: Arabia on <a href='http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-BROWNE-K-00001/5'>f. 1r</a> and from <a href='http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-BROWNE-K-00001/191'>f. 95</a> to <a href='http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-BROWNE-K-00001/198'>97v</a>, The Maghrib and North West Spain on <a href='http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-BROWNE-K-00001/25'>f. 11r</a>, Egypt on <a href='http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-BROWNE-K-00001/33'>f. 15r</a>, Syria on <a href='http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-BROWNE-K-00001/37'>f. 17r</a>, Mesopotamia on <a href='http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-BROWNE-K-00001/41'>f. 19r</a>, Iraq on <a href='http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-BROWNE-K-00001/46'>f. 21v</a>, Khuzistan on <a href='http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-BROWNE-K-00001/55'>f. 26r</a>, The Mediterranean Sea on <a href='http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-BROWNE-K-00001/57'>27r</a>, Fars including an account of the fire temples on <a href='http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-BROWNE-K-00001/63'>f. 30r</a>, Khuzistan on <a href='http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-BROWNE-K-00001/83'>f. 40r</a>, Kurdistan on <a href='http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-BROWNE-K-00001/87'>f. 42r</a>, Transoxiana on <a href='http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-BROWNE-K-00001/123'>f. 60r</a>, Khwarizm on <a href='http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-BROWNE-K-00001/169'>f. 83r</a>.</p><p>Transcription produced by <a target='_blank' class='externalLink' href='https://kairawan.org/'>Kairawan AI</a></p></p> A Persian treatise on Geography. The work appears to have been translated from the Arabic original of which the authorship is uncertain. The date is indicated by two passages on f. 11v and 13v, where Spain is spoken of as "still in the hands of the Umayyads", and as ruled by ʻAbd al-Raḥmān III, Caliph of Cordova, 891-961, who reigned 912-961 and who adopted the title of caliph in 929 CE (317 AH). The mention of numerous fire-temples in Fars also points to an early date, for example on f. 33r : ذکر آتشکدهای فارس ، هیج ناحیتی و روستائی نیست که نه درو آتش گاهی هست آنچه بزرگترست و معروفتر ازآن یاد کنیم،. This copy of the manuscript is imperfect at the beginning and end. There are certainly some dislocations and some of the leaves at the end should be at the beginning. The regions are treated in the following order: Arabia on f. 1r and from f. 95 to 97v, The Maghrib and North West Spain on f. 11r, Egypt on f. 15r, Syria on f. 17r, Mesopotamia on f. 19r, Iraq on f. 21v, Khuzistan on f. 26r, The Mediterranean Sea on 27r, Fars including an account of the fire temples on f. 30r, Khuzistan on f. 40r, Kurdistan on f. 42r, Transoxiana on f. 60r, Khwarizm on f. 83r.Transcription produced by Kairawan AI