Mázandarán and Astarábád / by H.L. Rabino ; with a new preface by Charles Melville.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rabino, Hyacinth Louis, 1877-1950, author.

Language:

English

Persian

Subjects (All):

Rabino, Hyacinth Louis, 1877-1950--Travel--Iran--Māzandarān.

Rabino, Hyacinth Louis.

Rabino, Hyacinth Louis, 1877-1950.

Travel.

Māzandarān (Iran)--Description and travel.

Māzandarān (Iran).

Gurgān (Gulistān, Iran)--Description and travel.

Gurgān (Gulistān, Iran).

Iran--Gurgān (Gulistān).

Iran--Māzandarān.

Physical Description:

xxii, 169, 235 pages ; 24 cm + 1 folded color map (23 x 15 cm folded)

Place of Publication:

[Cambridge, United Kingdom] : Gibb Memorial Trust, 2018.

Language Note:

Text in English and Persian.

Contents:

Chapter I p. 1

Tabaristán

Limits

Name superseded by that of Mázandarán

Mountains of Tabaristán

Former limits of Mázandarán

Situation

Districts

General description

Mountains

Rivers

Harbours, Communications

Sháh 'Abbás's causeway

Other roads

Climate

Towns

Population

Sayyids

Tribes

Qájárs

Armenians and Georgians

Jews

Religion

Administration

Military works

Chapter II p. 16

Rasht to Khurramábád

Bazaar of Kúchisfahán

Safíd-Rúd, Láhiján

Langarúd

Kilídbar

Rúdisar

Nawdih

Miyándih

District of Sakhtsar, products, language, inhabitants

The hot springs of Ab-i-Garm

District of Gulayján, inhabitants

The Amír-i-As'ad

Chapter III p. 21

District of Tunakábun

Products

Industries

Clans

Hereditary chiefs

Origin of the name Khal'at-barí

Khwájawands

Khurramábád

Oil wells at Átishkada

Castle of Habashabur

Khurramábád to Ámul

Subdistrict of Nishtá

'Abbásábád

Subdístrict of Langá

The Nama-kábrúd

Subdistrict of Kalár-rustáq

Road from Chálús to Tihrán

River-mouths

Chalandar

Ruins of Hawdkúti

Sarínkalá

District of Kujúr, its subdistricts, inhabitants, and roads

Suladih

District of Núr, its sub-districts and mines

Mahmúdábád

Arrival at Ámul

Chapter IV p. 33

Ámul

Foundation of Ámul

Islám

History of Ámul

The great mosque

Ibn Hawqal's description

Sack of Ámul by Tímúr

Present town

Bridge over the Harhaz

Town quarters

Principal buildings

Shrine of Mír Qiwámu'd-Dín

Masjid-i-Jámi'

Imámzáda Ibráhím

The Gunbads or tower-tombs of Ámul

Districts of Ámul

Roads

District of Láriján; subdistricts

History of Láriján

Basin of the Lár river

The Harhaz

District of Sawádkúh: subdistricts

Road from Fírúzkúh to Sárí

Ámul to Bárfurúsh

Bridge of Muhammad Hasan Khán

Arrival at Bárfurúsh

Chapter V p. 45

Bárfurúsh : situation, Foundation

Mámtír

Mosque of Kázim Baygi

Mashhadisar: district

Shrine of Abú Jawáb

Mahmúdábád to Farahábád

Districts of Bárfurúsh

Bárfurúsh to Farahábád

District of Farahábád

Stenka Razin

Farahábád to Sári

Road from Sárí to Bárfurúsh

Chapter VI p. 51

Sárí

Muqaddasí's description

Sack of Sárí by Tímúr

Gates and town quarters

Public buildings

Chief mosque

Gunbad-i-Salm-wa-Túr

Shrines

Imámzáda Zaynu'l-'Ábidín

Shrine of Mullá Majdu'd-Din

Districts of Sárí

Subdistricts

Districts of Hazárjaríb: Dúdánga, Chahárdánga, Yánisar, Surkhgiriya, Yakhkash

Chapter VII p. 58

Sárí to Nárinjbágh; bridge over the Tijin

Imámzáda 'Abbás

Shrine of Niká

Niká bridge and river

Road to Chahárdih

Nárinjbágh to Dhághmarz

Excursion to Miyánkala; fort of Palangán

The Miyánkala peninsula

Dhághmarz to Ashraf

Direct road from Niká to Ashraf

Ashraf: foundation, history, town quarters, public buildings, streams

Road to Sháhrúd

Ashraf to Nawkanda: Buland Imám

District of Kulbád

Galúgá

Road from Galúgá to Sháhrúd

The Jar-i-Kulbád

Nawkanda

Arrival at Bandargaz

Chapter VIII p. 67

Bay of Astarábád: Count Voinovitch

Streams

Áshúiáda

Gaz

District of Anazán: description

Gaz to Kafshgírí: Kharába-Shahr

Tamísha

Kurd Maballa

District of Sadan-Rustáq

Shrine of Raw-shanábád

Kafshgírí to Astarábád, Astarábád: origin

Chronicles

Muqaddasi's description

Gates

Town-quarters

Inscriptions

Governor's palace

Inhabitants

Chapter IX p. 78

Province of Astarábád: limits

Attacks of tribes

Qizil Álán

Castle of Mubárakábád

Áqá Muhammad Khán and the Turcomans

District of Sháhkúh and Sáwar

District of Anazán-Rustáq

Bulúk of Fakhr 'Imádu'd-Dín

District of Katúl

District of Findarisk

District of Kúhsár

Hájjílar

Kabúdjáma

Castles

Chapter X p. 85

Astarábád to Gunbad-i-Qábús: Sultán-Duwin

Sháhmarz

The Qarású

Áq-Qal'a

Founding of Mubárakábád

Qizil Álán wall

The Gunbad, or dome, of Qábús

Climate of Gurgán

City of Gurgán: its origin

Mustawfi's description

Ábasgún

Ním-Mardán

Former villages of Gurgán

The river Gurgán, Ruins of Gurgán

Shrine of Qarangí Imám

Dahistán: laid waste by successive invasions, desolate and uninhabited at the present day

Chapter XI p. 93

Gunbad-i-Qábús to Unchali

Uuchalí

The Band-i-Amir

Khwája-Nifis

Persian Turcomans: intertribal feuds

Authority of Persian Government

Sarkardas

Ihtishámu'l-Wizára's account of the Turcomans

Marriage

The Yamút

Country

Chumúr and Chárwá

Cultivation and industries

Business honesty

Sharaf and Chúní

Permanent settlements

Relations with the Atak villagers

Raids

Possible pacification

The Gúklán

Relations with the Yamút and other neighbours

Tradition as to origin of name

Astarábád to Rádkán

Kútal of Jahánnumá

Caravanserai of Rádkán

Tower of Rádkán

Descent to the Caspian

Appendix II Rulers of Mázandarán p. 133.

Notes:

First published 1925.

Includes a large-scale, full-color facsimile reproduction of the original accompanying map in pocket.

Includes bibliographical references (pages xvii-xxii) and indexes.

ISBN:

1909724920

9781909724921

OCLC:

976334481

Publisher Number:

99977344137