The geography of Caucasus, the surviving almanac of Naseri era

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The geography of Caucasus is the name of an exclusive manuscript that Martiros Daudkhanov, the Russian language teacher of Dar-ol-fonun and the translator of Governmental publications, finished its translation from Russian to Persian in Jumada Al-Awwal 1287 AH. This manuscript includes not only a detailed yearbook of Caucasus, but also a description of social conditions of Tbilisi, the causes of Ague in that region and also a description of natural geography of Tbilisi and some other cities and villages in Caucasus in the second half of the nineteenth century. The contents of this manuscript consists of three chapters and a prologue containing intriguing and different subjects written about the natural and human geography, population, religious conditions, the ministry of education, road conditions and etc of Caucasus. Thus it is an important source of understanding the history and geography of Caucasus.

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Persian
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Asian Culture and Studies, Volume:1 Issue: 1, 2023
Pages:
295 to 315
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  • Malekzadeh، Elham
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    Malekzadeh, Elham
    Associate Professor Department of Social and Economic History, Institute of History, Institute For Humanities And Cultural Studies, تهران, Iran
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