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The Geography of the Puranas c22.s3: Arab and Persian Geographical Works

The Geography of the Purāṇas c22.s3

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Arab and Persian Geographical Works

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(Containing references to India)

(A) Texts, Translations and Commentaries

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Abu’l-Fida, Taqwim al-Buldan. Geographie of Aboulfeda, Text ed. M. Reinaud and M. de Slane, Paris, 1840.

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Abu Zayd, Silsilat al-Tawarikh. Relation des voyages faits par les Arabes et les Persans, dans l’Inde et a la Chine, etc. Text, tr. and notes by Langles and Reinaud, 2 vols. Paris, 1845.

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— Anciennes relations des Indes et de la Chine, de deux voyageurs mahometans qui y allerent dans le IX siecle de notre ere (Abbe Renaudot) 55.

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Amin Ahmad Razi, Haft Iqlim, Vol. I, ed. E. Denison Ross and others, Calcutta, 1939.

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Al-Biruni, Alberuni’s India, tr. and annotations by E. C. Sachau, London, 1910. 2 Vols.

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— Biruni's Picture of the World, ed. A. Zeki Validi Togan, Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India, No. 53. Buzurg Ibn Shahrivar, Kitab 'Aja'ib al-Hind, Le livres des marveilles de l'Inde, text by P. A. van der Lith and tr. by L. M. Devic, Leiden, 1883-86. Ferrand, Gabriel, Relations de voyages et textes geographiques arabes, persans et turcs relatifs a l'Extreme-Orient, etc. 2 Vols. Paris, 1913, 1914. Gardizi, Gardizi on India by V. Minorsky, BSOAS, 1948, XII, 3 & 4. Hajji Khalifa, Jihannuma, Istanbul, 1145/1732. Hudud al-'Alam, (A Persian Geography of 982 A.D.) tr. and Commentary by V. Minorsky, GMS, N. S. XI, London, 1937. Ibn Battuta, Travels in Asia and Africa, H. A. R. Gibb, London, 1929. — Ibn Battuta on Sumatra and Java (Dulaurier, Paris). Al-Idrisi, India and the Neighbouring Territories as described by the Sharif al-Idrisi, ed. S. Maqbul Ahmad, Aligarh, 1954. Al-Qalaqashandi, An Arab Account of India in the 14th Century (translation of the chapters on India in Subh al-A'sha), by Otto Spies, M. U. Press, Aligarh. Sidi Ali Re'is, Al-Muhit. Extracts Published by M. de Hammer in JASB, III, 1834; Vol. V, 1836; Vol. VII and Vol. VIII, 1838. — The Travels and Adventures of the Turkish Admiral Sidi Ali Ra'is in India, Afghanistan, Central Asia and Persia during 1553-56, tr. by A. Vambery, London, 1899. Sulayman the Merchant, Voyage du marchand arabe Sulayman en Inde et en Chine, tr. G. Ferrand, Paris, 1922. Akhbar al-Sin wa'l-Hind, Relation de la Chine et de l'Inde, ed. and tr. by J. Sauvaget, Paris, 1948. Yaqui, Mu'jam al-Buldan, ed. F. Wustenfeld, Leipzig, 1866-78.

(B) General Works

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Abbe Duboi, Mems. des peuples de l'Inde, Paris. Ali, S. M., Arab Geography, Institute of Islamic Studies, Aligarh, 1959. Abul Fazl, Ain-i-Akbari, tr. Jarrett, Calcutta, 1949. Barthold, V. V., Turkestan Down to the Mongol Invasion, GMS, N.S.V., London, 1928 (see Chapter 1). Beazley, A. C., The Dawn of Modern Geography, 3 vols., London, 1900. Ferrand, G., L'Empire Sumatranais de Crivijaya, Journ. Asiat., 1922, Tome XX. — Relations des voyages et texts geographiques Arabes, Paris. Hastings, H., Memoires relatifs a l etat de l'Inde, Paris, 1788. Honigmann, E., Die sieben Klimata, Heidelberg, 1929.

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Le Strange, G., *The Lands of the Eastern Caliphate*, 2nd ed., Cambridge, 1930.

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Maqbul Ahmad, S., *Al-Mas'udi's Contribution to Mediaeval Arab Geography in Islamic Culture*, vols XXVII, No. 2 and XXVIII, No. 1.

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Nainar, M. H., *Arab Geographer's Knowledge of Southern India*, Madras, 1942.

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Ouseley, M., *The Oriental Geography of Ibn-i-Haukal*, London, 1800.

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Raverty, H. G., *The Mihran of Sind and its Tributaries*, Calcutta, 1892-97.

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Reinaud, M., *Fragments arabes et persans inedits sur l'Inde*.

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— *Memoire Geographique sur l'Inde*.

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Tozer, H. F., *A History of Ancient Geography*, Cambridge, 1935.

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