DESCRIPTION OF THE PROVINCE OF FARS IN PERSIA
 
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY A.D.
 
FROM THE MS. OF IBN AL-BALKHI IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
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CHAPTER I
Introduction — Ḥamd-Allah and Ibn-al-Balkhī — The Historical Section of the Fārs Nāmah — Buyids and Saljūqs — The five Shabānkārah Tribes — The five Kurdish Ramms — The Chief Justices of Fārs — The Geographical Section — The Province of Fārs and its five Kūrahs — Māh Kūfah and Māh Baṣrah& — The Iṣṭakhr District — Persepolis — The Three Castles — The Palace of Jamshīd — The Marvdasht Plain 1–30
 
CHAPTER II
The Dārābjird District — Bitumen Springs — Pharaoh’s Cup — Jahram Blankets — Juwaym Muslin — The Ardashīr Khūrah District — Shīrāz — The Gird Fanā Khusrū Suburb — The Castle of Pahan-Diz — Sīrāf and the Amīrs of Qays Island — Fīrūzābād and the Engineer Burāzah — His Tunnel The Palms of Irāhistān — The Shāpūr Khūrah District — Bishāvūr City — The Millstones of Khullār — Kāzirūn and its Cloths — The Vale of Sha‘b Bavvān 31–59
 
CHAPTER III
The Qubād Khūrah District — Arrajān — The Thakān Bridge — The Habits of Rīshahr Folk — Stinking Jannābā — The Port of Mahrūbān — The Rivers of Fārs — Seas and Lakes — The Meadow-lands — The Castles — The Itineraries — The Revenues of Fārs 61–85
 
INDEX 86–92