The Caspian Provinces

A World Apart Three local histories of Mazandaran

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ID9977397
AuthorsCharles Melville (0000-0003-2132-2175, University of Cambridge, corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume33
Issue1-2
Pages45-91
Publication date2000-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueIranian Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-0862 • E-ISSN: 1475-4819
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1080/00210860008701976
OpenAlexW1993865827
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited26

Every ruler defeated by an enemy and unable to maintain himself in another country would come to this land for safety, and be untroubled by the schemes of his foe. The people of Tabaristan have no need of anything brought from another province, and everything that exists in the cultivated world for living a pleasant life can be obtained there. Winter is like autumn in other places and summer like spring; its land is covered with meadows and gardens, so that the eye rests on nothing but greenery. The air from the north is temperate and soft, but due to the proximity of the sea and the multitude of pools, fogs and clouds are sometimes more frequent than in other provinces. —Ibn Isfandiyar, Tārīkh-i Ṭabaristān, 1:76, extracts If anyone blessed with perceptiveness, intelligence, wisdom and an understanding of the times, after reading and contemplating this book, ponders with the eye of reflection and experience the tyranny, heretical innovations and contempt for others that the men of Gilan have constantly displayed, he will know for sure what consequences will follow from ingratitude for benefits received and from violation of the dues owed to an ancient benefactor. —cAbd al-Fattah Fumani, Tārīkh-i Gīlān, 5

Adversary · Ancient history · Contempt · Geography · Multitude · Nothing · Political science · Ruler · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Philosophy

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