V. Persia

Lake and River

138, 139 Unnamed lake and river. On CA and CE the river rises in two lakes, the eastern and western being named on CA Mar Dargis (=Lake Van) and Mar de Marga (=Lake Urmia) respectively (Hallb., 43-44, 337-338). On Piz. the river is Flum Chexi; if Chexi is Khuzistan (see [164]) the river possibly represents the Karun.

Desert

140 Sarmania | dixerta: Carmania Deserta, Ptol. (VI, 6(FA20));=interior of the modern Kerman. See also [153].

Edifices

(A) South Shore of Caspian Sea

141 dise.n(?): Deystam, CA;=?Dehistan, a district of Mazanderan (Hallb., 188).

142 mexa|ndra: Masandra, CA;=Mazanderan.

143 galen: Cap de Cilan, Cillam, Gellam, CA;=Gilan (Hallb., 217-218).

144 aspaur(?): Achdio, CA; Asidio, CE;=?

145 godasp|i: Gudaspu, Con. (59); Codaspi, Piz.;=?

146 Turis: Rey del Tavris in central Persia, CA;=Tabriz (Hallb., 518-522). See also [92].

(B) Interior

147 trachse: ?Dupl. of [67].

148 zarma|tia: ?Sarmatia, misplaced; see, however, [12], [600].

149 siria: Ciutat de Ssiras, CA; Siras, CE;=Shiraz (Hallb., 470-471).

150 parthi|a: Parthia, Ptol. (VI, 5 (FA20));=Khurasan (Hallb., 394-395)

151 R^o odmi|n(?): =?

152 R^o de persia: Persis, Ptol. (VI, 4 (FA20));=Persia.

(C) Persian Gulf Coast

153 Sarmania abitada: Carmania, Ptol. (VI, 8 (FA20));=Kerman. See also [140].

Place Names, North Coast of Persian Gulf

154 semenar: Femenat, CA; Semenat, Polo (ii, 398-399);=Somnath (Yule, Polo, ii, 400).

155 demonela: Damonela, CA;=Daibul (Yule, Cath., i, 309).

156 chetimo: Chetimo, CA;=Kij (ibid.).

157 oncon: Nocran, CA (omitted on Choix de doc. reproduction of CA);=Makran (ibid.).

158 ormixon: Hormision, CA;=“Old Hormuz on the Continent” (ibid.). See [105].

159 traman: Creman, CA;=Kerman. See [153].

160 usu: Ussn, CA; “Husn Amarat? (see Edri., 1, 379 [this reference is to P. A. Jaubert, Géographie d’Edrisi, traduite de l’arabe en français (Recueil de voyages et de mémoires publié par la Société de Géographie, Vols. 5 and 6, Paris, 1836-1840), i, 363, 390]) Any castle is Husn” (ibid.);=Essina (Lelewel, ii, 55).

161 cadome(?): =?

162 seros: Serans, CA; Sustar, Piz.;=?Siraf (Yule, l.c.); Sustar, Mediceo;=Shushtar (ibid.);=?“rivière Schirin” (Lelewel, l.c.).

163 ... ch ... (?): =?

164 chesi: Chesi, CA;=Khuzistan (Yule, Cath., i, 308); shown as an island on Piz.;=“Scheich”(?Sheikh Shu‘aib Island) (La R., i, 65).