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The P e rsi an Travels Book IV. 



* Derbent in 

 the Perfian 

 Tongue /Signifies 

 A Strait Gate, 

 and Demir- 

 Capi in the 

 Turkifli, & 

 Gate of Iron ; 

 near to which 

 place were ths 

 ancient Ca- 

 fpian Gates, 

 or Cafpiae 

 Pyte of the 

 Ancients. 



The fécond is Diarbeck^, formerly Mesopotamia , between Euphrates and Tigris ; 

 the chief Cities whereof are Sir, Car-Emir or Diarbequir, Ourfa, Mouffkl, Gez.irê, 

 Mer din -, &c. 



The third is Curdifian , formerly Jjfyria, extending all along the Eaft-fide of the 

 River Tigris , from the Lake Van to the Frontiers of Bagdat ; the principal Cities 

 are Niniveh, Sherifoul, Amadié, Sneirne, Betlis, and Salmaflre. 



The fourth is Hier a^Ar obi, otherwife the Country of Babylon or Chaldea ; the 

 principal Cities whereof are Felougia upon Euphrates, Bagdat upon Tigris, Merfhed- 

 AliyGourno, and Baljara ; and in the Country of Bourous,Sharaban, Erowabat, &c. 



The fifth is Hierak^Agemi , or the ancient Parthia ; the principal Cities whereof 

 are Hijpahan, Teujhercan, Hamadan, Cajhan, Kan, and Cajbw j and perhaps Tefd , if 

 it be not rather in Kerman or Sigiflan. 



The fixth contains Shirvan , all along the Cajpian Sea , where ftand the Cities of 

 *Derbent or Demir-CapiyBaku^nà Shamaki -, and the Province of Edz.erbaijan ; wherein 

 ftand the Cities of Tauris, Ardevil, and Sdtany. Which two Provinces comprehend 

 the ancient Media within a very little, extending to the very Shoar of the CaJpanSea. 



The feventh contains Kylan and Maz.andran, lying likewife upon the Cajpan Sea, 

 formerly Hyrcania ; wherein are the Cities and Towns of Firuz^cuh, Sukar-abad, and 

 MiomkielU at the entry of the Mountains', Giru, Talara-pefcl, and Saru, in the Plain ^ 

 Ferb-abad, Ciarman, and Gfcref, toward the Sea. 



The eighth is Eflarabad , formerly Margiana , which extends to the River Ruth* 

 khané-kurkan , which the Ancients call'd Oxus- y the principal Cities whereof are 

 Eflarabad , Amul, Damkam. 



The ninth contains the Province of the Vfieck^Tartars , comprehending all the 

 ancient Sogdiana and Bailriana ; the chief Cities whereof are Balk^, Samarcand, and 

 Boccara y &c. 



The tenth is Cerajfan , formerly Aria, with fome part of ' BaSlriana ; the chief 

 Cities whereof are JEW , Mejhed, Ntfabur, Thun , &c. 



The eleventh Sableftan , formerly Peloponnefus ; the principal Cities whereof are 

 Beksabat , Ajbe', Bufl , Sarents- the Territory and City of Candahar being alfo com- 

 prehended within the extent of this Province, together with Duk\i and Alunkan, upon 

 the Frontiers of the Great Mogul's Dominions. 



The twelfth is Sigifian , formerly Drangiana j the principal Cities whereof are 

 Siflan , Shalack^, and Kets. 



The thirteenth comprehends all the Territories of the ancient Arachofia, bord'ring 

 upon the Kingdom of Scindi , not having any Cities that we know of. 



The fourteenth is the Province of Makran , lying all along upon the Sea of Mogo- 

 fian , formerly Gedrofia ; the chief Cities whereof are Makran, Firhk^, ChalakJ, and 

 the Port of Guadel toward Guzerat. 



The fifteenth Kerman, formerly Caramania, extending as far as the Gulf of Ormus ; 

 the chief Cities whereof are Kerman, Bermazir, the Port of Kuhefttkj, and the Cape 

 of Jafqites. 



The fixteenth is Farfiflan , or that part of Perfia fo properly call'd j the chief 

 Cities whereof are Schir as, Cameron, Benarou, Firus-abat, Darab-guier, &c. To which 

 you may add the little Province of Larafion, with the City of Lar, juft againft Ormus. 

 But this Province formerly extended no farther than Benarou, two days journey from 

 Lar, before Sha-zAbas conquer'd the Kingdom of Lar, and then the Kingdom of 

 Ormus. Now they are both united -, though they have both feveral Governours, as they 

 had diftinft Princes before. The Ports in this Province upon the Fer pan Gulf arc 

 tak'n from Bander-Abaffi and Bander-Congo. 



There are two other little Ports in the Perfian Gulf, about thirty hours fail from 

 the Mouth of Euphrates , but not capable of receiving any other than Imall Barks ; 

 which are very much to be admir'd for in regard the Inhabitants are ignorant of 

 the ufe of Iron , it is ftrange to fee their Boats made fo handfom and ftrong withal ; 

 the Planks being only ty'd together with a Cord, which is made of a kind of He mp 

 tak'n from the out-fide of the Cpjcjo-nut. J 



The laft is the Province of Curfiftan , formerly Sufiana , which Euphrates and Tigris 

 joynmg together feparate itom Chaldea ; the principal Cities whereof are Sufler, an- 

 ciently Sufa, the Capital City of the Empire of King Ahafuerw, Ahawas,Scabar, Ram- 

 hormus, &c. 



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