1844.] 



Notice of the Ajaib~al- Mukhlukat 



647 



mountain is first descried, and drawing nearer its centre and base, come 

 into view successively. 



Saltness of the Sea. 



Water is divided into two great classes ; viz. salt and fresh, the salt 

 is derived from the earth burnt by the sun, and driven by the winds into 

 the sea. Salt prevents the ocean from putrefaction, and creating a 

 pestilence in the world, which the ocean surrounds. 



Subdivisions of the Salt Water. 



The salt water is divided into seven seas, comprehended in the 

 surrounding ocean, Bahr-i-Mohit ; viz. 



The sea 



of China, 



Bahr i Chin, 



ere*** 2 



j» 



Hind, 



„ al Hind, 



jJL v Jl^sr! 



i> 



Persia, 



„ al Pars^ 



■- u-^yy^ 



)} 



Kolzum, or \ 

 Red Sea, J 



?, a l Kolzum, 



j.jAaJLs'J 



>) 



Zenj, or Zan- 1 

 guebar, f 



„ al Zenj, 





}) 



Mughrib, or ) 

 Western sea, J 



,, al Mughrib, 







,, al Kharz, 



• * jjj&y** 



2. 



a 



3. 



3) 



4. 



» 



5. 



>} 



6. 



>} 



7. 



i) 



Seven other names are given to the seven seas ; viz. 



1 . Bahr-i, . . . . Kabis. 



Horn. 

 Muzlin. 

 Mir j os. 

 Sakin, 

 Baki. 

 Nit ash. 



The author having entered into a long description of the wonderful 

 inhabitants and natural productions of these seas and their different is- 

 lands, of which are given some curious paintings, proceeds to describe 

 the form and divisions of the earth. 



The Earth, (Kurah-al-arz y ^.]\& A) 



The earth is supposed to be divided into three parts ; there is nothing 

 lower than the earth. Some say, it is striped like a sphere ; others 



