IBN HAUKAL.
of the Khálifa only, and the place of his residence is at the city of Kabá-Kánán.[1] This is a cheap place, where pomegranates, grapes and other pleasant fruits are met with in abundance; but there are no date trees in this district.
[Here ends the extract from the Ashkálu-l Bilád; that which follows is from Ibn Haukal, as translated into Latin by M. Gildemeister.]
There is a desert between Bánia, Kámuhul, and Kambáya. From Kambáya to Saimúr the villages lie close to one another, and there is much land under cultivation. The Moslims and infidels in this tract wear the same dresses, and let their beards grow in the same
fashion. They use fine muslin garments on account of the extreme heat. The men of Multán dress in the same way. The language of Mansúra, Multán, and those parts is Arabic and Sindian. In Makrán they use Persian and Makránic. All wear short tunics except the merchants, who wear shirts and cloaks of cotton, like the men of ’Irák and Persia.
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From Mansúra to Debal is six days’ journey; from Mansúra to Multán, twelve; from Mansúra to Turán, about fifteen; from Kasdár, the chief city of Turán, to Multán, twenty; from Mansúra to the nearest boundary of Budha, fifteen. The whole length of the jurisdiction of Makrán, from Taiz to Kasdár, is about fifteen. From Multán to the nearest border of Turán is about ten. He who travels from Mansúra to Budha must go along the banks of the Mihrán, as far as the city of Sadústán. From Kandábíl to Mansúra is about eight days’ journey; from Kandábíl to Multán, by the desert, ten; from Mansúra to Kámuhul, eight; from Kámuhul to Kambáya, four. Kambáya is one parasang distant from the sea, and about four from Súbára, which is about half a parasang from the sea. From Súbára to Sindán, which is the same distance from the sea, is about ten" days[2] journey; from Sindán to Saimúr about five; from Saimúr to Sarandíp, about fifteen; from Multan to Basmad, two; from Basmad to Alrúz [Alor], three; from Alrúz to Ayara [Annari],
