Rugs: Oriental and Occidental, Antique & Modern / A Handbook for Ready Reference

by Rosa Belle Holt

Akhissar	White Citadel.
Bagdad	Abode of Peace.
Baku	Place of Winds.
Beluchistan	Land of the Beluchis.
Bhagulpore	Tiger City.
Bokhara	Treasury of Sciences; the Noble.
Deccan	The South Land.
Derbent	Fortified Gate.
Fars	Land of the Farsi or Persians.
Fu-Chau	Happy City.
Gilan	The Marshes.
Gulistan	The Rose Garden.
Haiderabad	Gate of Salvation.
Herat	The Pearl of Khorassan; the Gate of India.
Islamabad	Abode of Islam.
Ispahan	Place of Horses.
Jerusalem	Heir of Peace.
Kandahar	Key of India.
Karabagh	Country of the Sun.
Kara Dagh	Black Mountains.
Kelat	Castle.
Khorassan	Land of the Sun.
Kwatah	Citadel.
Mecca	The Heart of Islam; the Holy City.
Meshed	Tomb of a Martyr.
Mirzapore	City of the Emir.
Ning-po	Peaceful Wave.
Peshawar	Advanced Fortress.
Samarkand	The Head of Islam.
Shang-hai	Approaching the Sea.
Srinagar	City of the Sun.
Tabriz	Pinnacle of Islam.
Teheran	The Pure.
Yezd	City of Light; City of Worship.

Geographical Data

Owing to the variety of ways in which the names of Oriental localities are spelled when transliterated, it is extremely difficult to establish a standard of spelling. Many curious examples of this occur both on maps and in dictionaries. It is certainly confusing to open an atlas that is supposed to be an authority, and find that the name one seeks differs in spelling from that used in the atlas first consulted. Then by looking into dictionaries it is found that each of these has a different way of spelling the word sought. Then turning to a guide book of the country there will probably be found not only another combination of the letters, but also a conflict between the descriptive matter in the book and the map accompanying it. When books of travel are consulted, the embarrassment is still further increased.

After having accepted a mode of spelling geographical names for use in this volume, I propose in the pages that follow to assist the reader to locate the places mentioned, by assigning them to their respective countries, so that at a glance he may identify them. This classification will also be a key to the map.

[View larger image]