Daghestan

1693. A geographical dictionary representing the present and ancient names by Edmund Bohun.

Daghestan or Dachestan, a Province between the Kingdom of Astracan to the North, and the Province of Schirwan in Persia to the South: Inhabited by Tartars, under a Prince of their own, in security against Invasions by the means of inaccessible Mountains. The principal City here is Tarku.