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دریای آبسکون (open water): The sea between the Caucasus Mountains and Central Asia
دریای روم (open water): A place
دریای طبریه (open water): A place
دریای قلزم (open water): "(Sea of Judda)"
دریای لوط (open water): A place
دریای محیط (open water): The body of water thought to surround the dry land of Afro-Eurasia
دستگرد (settlement): A village near Balkh
دشت (settlement): A village near Dastgird
دماوند (mountain): A place
دمشق (settlement): A city in Syria.
دمیاط (settlement): A city in the Nile Delta (Damietta)
دیار‌بکر (region): The medieval Arabic name of the northernmost of the three provinces of the Jazira (Upper Mesopotamia), the other two being Diyar Mudar and Diyar Rabi'a.
دیار روم (state): The empire west of the Persian-Sasanian Empire which endured in various forms until 1453.
دیلم (region): A region in northern Iran
  • ر
  • رباط مرا (building): A caravanserai in Khurasan.
    رستاباد (settlement): A village near Tabas.
    رقه (settlement): A city on the Euphrates where the Dayṣan enters it.
    رمله (settlement): A city in Filastin
    روم (state): The empire west of the Persian-Sasanian Empire which endured in various forms until 1453.
    روم (region): The peninsula constituting the westernmost portion of Asia.
    رومش (river): A branch of the Nile in Egypt.
    ری (settlement): "(city near Tehran)"
  • ز
  • زبید (settlement): "second city of the Yaman"
    زمزم (well): "well at Mecca"
    زنگبار (region): A large region of sub-Saharan East Africa
    زوزن (settlement): A town between Nisabur and Herat
  • س
  • ساهره (region): A plain near Jerusalem
    ساوه (settlement): "in Central Iran"
    سپاهان (settlement): A city about 200 miles south of Tehran
    سپیدرود (river): The Sefidrud river in the Alborz mountain range.
    سجلماسه (settlement): "in the Maghrib"
    سراب (settlement): A city between Ardabil and Tabriz
    سربا (unknown): A place between Jaz‘ and Falaj.
    سرخس (settlement): A city of Khurasan between Naysabur and Marw
    سرمين (settlement): A place
    سروج (settlement): A town near Harran in Diyar Mudar
    سعیدآباد (settlement): A small town in the mountains of Tabaristan near Kalār
    سمرقند (settlement): A Central Asian city, capital of Soghdia, and later of Timur-i Lang.
    سمنان (settlement): A village near al-Ray, Damghan, and Qumis
    سمنگان (settlement): A town in Tokharistan beyond Balkh
    سه دره (river): The Syr Darya in Central Asia
  • ش
  • شاطی عثمان (quarter): A neighborhood in al-Basra along the river
    شام (region): A place
    شاهرود (river): A tributary of the Sapedrod river.
    شبورغان (settlement): A city near Balkh
    شط العرب (river): The river from the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates to the Persian Gulf
    شميران (settlement): A town and fortress in Tāram in northern Iran
  • ص
  • صالحیه (settlement): A city in the Nile Delta in Egypt.
    صعده (settlement): A city in Yemen
    صفا (mountain): A hill in Mecca
    صقلاب (region): Land of the Slavs
    صقلیه (island): The largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.
    صنعا (settlement): "city of the Yaman"
    صور (settlement): An important port city of the eastern Mediterranean Sea west of Damascus.
    صیدا (settlement): Sidon
  • ض
  • ضیقه (unknown): A way-station in the desert southeast of Aswan.
  • ط
  • طارم (region): A wide region with many villages between Qazwin and Gilan
    طالقان (settlement): A town of Khurasan between Marw al-Rudh and Balkh
    طبریه (settlement): a town on the Sea of Galilee
    طبس (settlement): A city between Nishapur and Isfahan and Kirman
    طرابرزن (settlement): A town north of Jubayl on the coast (modern Batroun)
    طرابلس (settlement): "Lebanese Tripoli"
    طینه (settlement): A town between Farma and Tinnis in Egypt
  • ع
  • عاصی (river): A river in Syria
    عبادان (settlement): "on Tigris estuary"
    عثر (settlement): A town in Yemen
    عدن (settlement): A city in Yemen
    عراق (region): al-ʿIrāq
    عرعر (settlement): A place three days' journey from Jerusalem on the road to Mecca
    عرفات (mountain): "mountain near Mecca"
    عرقه (settlement): town of Phoenicia (between Tripoli and Tartus)
    عسقلان (settlement): "A coastal city north of Gaza."
    عکا (settlement): also ʿAkkā (Acre), a coastal city in the eastern Mediterranean
    عکّه (settlement): also ʿAkkā (Acre), a coastal city in the eastern Mediterranean
    عمان (region): A place
    عیذاب (settlement): "port in Egypt"
    عین سلوان (open water): The pool of Siloam in Jerusalem
    عین الشّمس (settlement): A ruined city in Egypt
  • ف
  • فارس (region): A region in southwestern Iran, often identified as the heartland of the Iranian people.
    فرات (river): A place
    فرنگ (region): A place
    فلج (settlement): A town on the road between al-Basra and al-Yamāma
  • ق
  • قاهره (settlement): A place
    قاین (settlement): A town between Nishapur and Isfahan
    قبادیان (settlement): near Balkh
    قبه صخره: "in Jerusalem"
    قپان (settlement): A village near Qazvin
    قرول (settlement): A city of Mesopotamia, the capital of the ancient kingdom of Osrhoene, modern Urfa.
    قرية العنب (settlement): Near Jerusalem in Filastin
    قزوین (settlement): a town in western Iran
    قسطنطنیه (settlement): The capital of the Byzantine Empire.
    قصر غمدان (fortification): A castle between Ṣanʿāʾ and Ṭīwa
    قف انظر (fortification): A fortress near Bitlis.
    قلزم (settlement): A city on the Red Sea
    قلزم (open water): "(Sea of Judda)"
    قلمون (fortification): A fortress one league from Tripoli
    قوص (settlement): "large town in Egypt"
    قومس (region): A region between al-Ray and Naysābūr, around Damghan
    قوهه (settlement): A pair of large villages one stage out of Ray
    قيروان (unknown): A place

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