Andanis

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Straits of Hormouz

The Andanis River, also known as the Ananis and Anamis, was a river known to Ancient Greece.[1]

Location[edit]

It was a river of Carmania[2][3][4][5] mentioned by Ptolemy[6] and Pliny,[7] who called it the Ananis, and Arrian,[8] who called it the Anamis. It was located along the coast of Hormouz around latitude 27.5N and longitude 57.5E and has been tentatively identified with the Mināb river.

History[edit]

The river was mentioned by Ptolemy,[9][10] and Nearchus, being visited by the army of Alexander the Great.[11] It was located near the Island of Ormuz.[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Roaf, M. 'Anamis/Andanis/Ananis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2013(accessdate=January 31, 2017 ).
  2. ^ Adam Littleton, Linguae Latinae Liber Dictionarius Quadripartitus.(T. Basset. J. Wright. and R. Chiswell, 1678 )
  3. ^ Abraham Rees, The Cyclopædia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature. (Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1819),
  4. ^ William Vincent, The Voyage of Nearchus from the Indus to the Euphrates (T. Cadell jun. and W. Davies, 1797) p341.
  5. ^ Thomæ Thomasii Dictionarium, (Ex officina Iohannis Legati, 1644)
  6. ^ Ptolemy, 6.8.4
  7. ^ Pliny, Nat. Hist. 6.107
  8. ^ Arrian, Indica. 32.2, 35.7
  9. ^ William Vincent, Samuel Horsley, William Wales, The Commerce and Navigation of the Ancients in the Indian Ocean, Volume 1 (Asian Educational Services, 1807) p370.
  10. ^ William Vincent, The Voyage of Nearchus from the Indus to the Euphrates (T. Cadell jun. and W. Davies, 1797) p 297.
  11. ^ William Vincent, The Voyage of Nearchus from the Indus to the Euphrates (T. Cadell jun. and W. Davies, 1797) p62.
  12. ^ William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) .(John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1854.)