Posts about Agirî
Giosafat Barbaro (1413–1494). He was a diplomat, merchant, explorer and travel writer. He was unusually well-travelled for someone of his times.
Barbaro's account of his travels, entitled " Viaggi fatti da Vinetia, alla Tana, in Persia"
In his book he mentions the "cordi" kurds, who lives in Dierbech (diyarbakir) mussul (mosul) cassanchief (Heskîf) Bythlis (bitlis) Payburt (Bayburt) Meridin (Merdin) Argui (Agirî ararat)
Viaggi fatti da Vinetia, alla Tana, in Persia p.145-146
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
The Times, London, 22 July 1930
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
The Ottoman Kurdistan is bordered to the north by the Ararat Mountains and the Kingdom of Karaj, and to the south by the Baghdad province and surrounding lands. To the east, it extends to Iran, and to the west, it borders Lazistan (the land of the Laz) and the regions of Asia Minor.
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
Britannica
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
Journal du voyage du Chevalier Chardin en Perse et aux Indes Orientales, par le mer noire & par la Colchide, qui contient le voyage de Paris à Hispahan, 1687.
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
Journal du voyage du Chevalier Chardin en Perse , 1686.
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
Ararat
The Turks call it "Kurdag"
The translators of the Torah who translated “Mountain of the Kurds” into “Ararat”
Al-Judi is the Kardin mountain range located northeast of Ibn Omar Island in the east of the Tigris near Mûsil. The Kurds call it (Kardo) in their dialect, the Greeks call it (Gordi) and the Arabs call it (Al-Judi)
In the Tarum, which is the Chaldean translation of the Torah, as well as the Syriac translation of the Torah: The place where Noah's Ark rested is the castle of Jabal al-Akrad, i.e. Kardin.
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
Giosafat Barbaro (1413–1494). He was a diplomat, merchant, explorer and travel writer. He was unusually well-travelled for someone of his times.
Barbaro's account of his travels, entitled " Viaggi fatti da Vinetia, alla Tana, in Persia"
In his book he mentions the "cordi" kurds, who lives in Dierbech (diyarbakir) mussul (mosul) cassanchief (Heskîf) Bythlis (bitlis) Payburt (Bayburt) Meridin (Merdin) Argui (Agirî ararat)
Viaggi fatti da Vinetia, alla Tana, in Persia p.145-146
Posted by Zagrosian · Found by أوموت | Umut · 27 June 2025
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