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27. Ke I on si min Man. u>&U*»**k 

 Kelou si mingan — Kulu Sumungan. Here we have clearly 



and distinctly the Arabic word ^ Kulu, for a fort. This situa- 

 tion is made by Ferdoosee the scene of the amour of Rostum with the 

 daughter of the chief of the tribe ; from which adventure arises the 

 affecting story of Soohrab. The Ayeen Akbaree tables also furnish 

 the locality near Talighan ; while Sadek Esfuhanee places the fort in 

 Tokharestan ; so that all agree. 

 De la au nord-ouest. 



28. Houpin; — 10 kia Ian. ^jj* 

 Houpin. — Old classical associations would almost persuade me to 



read this word Koofin, the kwQw of the Alexandrian expedition. And 

 here I pause to ask a question ; Where are the most ancient works which 

 contain this word of Koxpw Koxp-qs Koofen, Koofees ? Between the 

 Greek capitals P for R, * for f ph, there is only the half circle to 

 the left to discriminate between the letters ; a slight blot or nourish 

 would cause the P to become $, so that perhaps the original word was 

 Goores — and hence many difficulties maybe cleared up, but the analogy 

 of my former readings compels me to adopt Ghor bund. The r dropt 

 with other interchanges quite common.* 

 De la a Pouest 



29. Fo ho (Badakchan :) au nord, il touche uU 

 a la riviere. Fa tsou ; la capitale s'appelle la petite 



Ville Royale ; 100 Ida Ian. Au sud-ouest de la 



capitale est le Na fo seng Ida Ian (Nouvean )\^ 



monastere). Ou entre dans les montagnes de 



Neige, 



Foko — Bulkh — not Budukhshan. 



The capital of this latter can hardly be considered to stand on the 



Oxus ; the river on which it is built is known by the name of the 



* Lassen {Zur Geschichte der Griechischen mid Indoshjthischen Konige, page 

 150) identifies Houpin with the pass Upidn or Hupidn of Baber. According to a 

 note to the passage referred to in the English version of Baber's Memoirs, this pass 

 is situated a few miles north of Charikar on the way to Perwan. The Cophen is 

 designated Ki pin by Chinese writers ; and Arrian's description— -Kw^i' 8e iv 

 UevKeKai-fjTLSi, a/ua ol &ywv MaAavroV re ua\ 26a<rToi>, na\ Yap'poiav, e/cStSof es rhv 

 "\vh6v, places its identity with the Cabul river beyond question. — Eds. 



