from Mr
I had thought my identification of _Cobinan_ original, but a communication
from Mr. Abbott, and the opportunity which this procured me of seeing his
MS. Report already referred to, showed that he had anticipated me many
years ago. The following is an extract: ‘_Districts of Kerman * * * Kooh
Benan_. This is a hilly district abounding in fruits, such as grapes,
peaches, pomegranates, _sinjid_ (sweet-willow), walnuts, melons. A great
deal of madder and some asafoetida is produced there. _This is no doubt
the country alluded to by Marco Polo, under the name of Cobinam_, as
producing iron, brass, and tutty, and which is still said to produce iron,
copper, and tootea.’ There appear to be lead mines also in the district,
as well as asbestos and sulphur. Mr. Abbott adds the names of nine
villages, which he was not able to verify by comparison. These are Pz,
Tarz, Gjard, Aspaj, Kuh-i-Gabr, Dahnah, Bghn, Bassab, Radk. The
position of Kuh Bann is stated to lie between Bahabd (a place also
mentioned by Ykt as producing _Tutia_) and Rv? but this does not help
us, and for approximate position we can only fall back on the note in Mr.
Abbott”s field-book, as published in the _J. R. G. S._, viz. that the
_District_ lay in the mountains E.S.E. from a caravanserai 10 miles S.E.
of Gudran. To get the seven marches of Polo”s Itinerary we must carry the
_Town_ of Kuh Bann as far north as this indication can possibly admit,
for Abbott made only five and a half marches from the spot where this
observation was made to Kermn. Perhaps Polo”s route deviated for the sake
of the fresh water. That a district, such as Mr. Abbott”s Report speaks
of, should lie unnoticed, in a tract which our maps represent as part of
the Great Desert, shows again how very defective our geography of Persia
still is.
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