Natural History by Pliny Book VI/Chapter 27
Pliny the Elder, The Natural History
John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S., H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A., Ed. London, 1855.
Chap. 27. — Carmania.
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Nearchus states in his writings that the coast of Carmania1 extends a distance of twelve hundred and fifty miles. From its frontier to the river Sabis2 is one hundred miles. At this spot begins the cultivation of the vine; which with the tillage of the fields, extends as far as the river Ananis3, a distance of twenty-five miles. This region is known by the name of Armuzia. The cities of Carmania are Zetis and Alexandria.4
Foot Notes
1 An extensive province of Asia, along the northern shores of the Persian Gulf, supposed to have comprehended the coast-line of the modern Laristan, Kirman, and Moghostan.
2 Ptolemy mentions an inland town of Carmania of the same name.
3 Supposed to be that known now as the Ibrahim Rud, which falls into the Persian Gulf.
4 These sites are unknown.