AL ISTAKHRI′.
and Budha, and beyond that as far as the boundaries of Multán, all belong to Sind. Budha is there a desert.
The people of Multán wear trousers, and most of them speak Persian and Sindí, as in Mansúra.
Makrán is a large territory, for the most part desert and barren. The largest city in Makran is Kannazbún.[1]
Kandábíl is a great city, The palm tree does not grow there. It is in the desert, and within the confines of Budha. The cultivated fields are mostly irrigated. Vines grow there, and cattle are pastured. The vicinity is fruitful. Abíl is the name of the man who subdued this town, which is named after him.
DISTANCES.—From Tíz[2] to Tír [Kíz] about five days. From Kíz[3] to Kannazbún two days. Going from Kannazbun to Tíz, in Makrán, the road passes by Kíz. From Kannazbún to Darak three days. From Rásak to Fahalfahúh[4] three days. From thence to Asghafa[5] two days. From thence to Band one day. From Band to Bah[6] one day. From thence to Kasrkand[7] one day. From Kíz to Armábíl[8] six days. From Armábíl to Kambalí[9] two days. From thence to Debal four days. From Mansúra to Debal six days. From Mansúra to Multan twelve days. From Mansúra to Túrán fifteen days. From Mansura to the nearest frontier of Budha five days. From Budha to Tíz about fifteen days. The length of Makrán from Tíz to Kasdán is about fifteen days. From Multán to the nearest border of the tongue (of land) known as Biyálas [10] about ten days. Here the Mihrán must be crossed to get into the land of Budha.
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Mordtmann reads “Firiun,” but see note A in Appx.]
- ↑ [The port of that name.]
- ↑ [“Kedge” of the maps.]
- ↑ [The other authorities agree in reading this Fahalfahara except the Marásidu-l Itt., which makes it “Fahafahrat,” and calls it “a well known town in Makrán.” See Idrísí.]
- ↑ [Ibn Haukal and Idrísí have “Asfaka.” The “Esfaka” of the maps north of Geh, in Makrán.]
- ↑ [The modern Geh.]
- ↑ [This is still a place of some note.]
- ↑ [See note A in Appx.]
- ↑ [ This must have been on the coast of Lus. See Idrísí.]
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