چکیده:
In December 798 AH/1395 AD, a caravan was sent to China by the Timurid government. Among them, Ghiyas al-Din Naqash was in charge of writing down what he saw during his travels and to compile a travelogue. After entering the territory of China, in the travelogue he refers to the cities and places in Farsi names. The travelogue has sometimes chosen a name based on the Chinese names, sometimes considering a sign or symbol of the city, and sometimes based on the natural atmosphere of the destination. In this paper, it has been tried to use field study, desk study and online satellite images to specify the route and the names of the destinations and cities of the travelogue and match them with their current names in the current geography of China. Of course, there are some missing parts in the travelogue, and it has been tried to explore the possible routes of this travel.
خلاصه ماشینی:
In this writing, an effort has been made through field research, library research, and online satellite imagery to determine the round-trip route and study the names of the stopping places and cities in the travelogue, matching them with the geography of modern China and their current names.
In this writing, an effort has been made through field research, library research, and online satellite imagery to determine the round-trip route and study the names of the stopping places and cities in the travelogue, matching them with the geography of modern China and their current names.
China -meaning Xinjiang- is traceable, and even today these cities are called and known by their same old names, but in the eastern part of the journey, Persian names or unfamiliar names have been written for cities within China, some of which have no resemblance or correspondence with the current names of Chinese cities; for this reason, an effort has been made to trace the names of the cities and the travel route based on the information of the journey and to match them with the current cities of China.
Given that the travelogue has called everything from the beginning of reaching the border, crossing the border, arriving at a city that has a large inn, and leaving it, "Sijju," it is clear that the author did not have an accurate knowledge of the names of the mentioned cities, or that based on the name of the region, he called all these stations Sijju.
In the continuation of the travelogue, it is written that the caravan reached a water twice as large as the Jihun on 12 Dhu al-Qi'dah 1 (meaning after 38 days), and of course, there is no mention of the day they left the city of Qaramuran.
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