elham malekzadeh
Abstract
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 ...
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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.
