Armenia (topography) - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Armenia (topography) - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Sinclair, Thomas A.

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1060694
Doc. NO	:	ALei1091
Main Entry	:	Sinclair, Thomas A.
Title & Author	:	Armenia (topography) - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Sinclair, Thomas A.
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(940 words)
Abstract	:	Armenia , grosso modo , is a high tableland which in general character consists of a series of plains separated by wide mountain or hill ridges. However, it is defined essentially by the geographical spread of its native population. It occupied a large part of present-day Turkey, the whole of the territory of the present Republic of Armenia, further districts, now in the Republic of Azerbaijan, immediately adjacent to the east, and the northwest corner of modern Iran. The preceding is the definition of Armenia assumed in texts of the Classical
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei1091.pdf