Jaghrafiya-yi Hafiz-i Abru. Volume 3

Hafiz Abru (d. 833/1430) was a Timurid historian who spent the greater part of his active life in Herat. An accomplished chess-player, he was a regular guest at the court of the chess-loving Timur Lang (d. 807/1405). His works were all commissioned by Timur's son Shahrukh (d. 850/1447), whom he had joined at his court in Herat after his accession to the throne in 807/1405. The Jaghrafiya is of special interest because in the parts on Fars, Kirman,Transoxania and Khurasan, geographical data-often collected personally by him during military campaigns in which he took part-are supplemented with much valuable historical information. The three volumes published here contain the first of the two books of which the Jaghrafiya is composed, treating of Kirman (vol. 3), Fars (vol. 2), and the known world to the west of these (including Arabia), with separate listings of mountains, rivers, lakes and seas (vol.1 , beginning vol. 2). 3 vols;volume 3.