Zetis
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Zetis was a city of Carmania (the southern,Mediterranean, coast of Anatolia) mentioned by Pliny.[1]
Variants
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Jat = Zetis (Pliny.vi.27).
Mention by Pliny
Pliny [2] mentions Carmania.... 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
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.