1847.] Hinan Thsang's Itinerary, 1191 



Budukhshan or Kook-chuh river ; while Balk clearly has the Oxus to its 

 north. There was a celebrated Fire temple at Bulkh called Noo Buhar. 

 Et on vient a 



30. Youe'i mi tho. yo^A 



Youei mi tho — Hoormuz, " c'est une ville de moyenne grandeur ;" 

 in the district of Merve near Talkan, according to Edrisi, Vol. i. p* 

 467= i without the lower mark clearly readable for ^ ye. 



Au sud-ouest, on vient a 



31. Hon chi kian. ufe^j^. i^ajS 



Hou chi kian — Gorjegan, Goor being the district between Bulkh and 

 Merve. 

 Au nord-ouest, on vient a 



32. Ta la kian (Talkan) : a l'ouest il touche \jtob 

 a Pho la sse. en) 1 '. 



Tala kian — The Talkan near Merve — " une ville dont 1' importance 

 egale a peu pres celle de Merve ol Roud." — Edrisi. This is the Talkan 

 usually indicated by Moslem writers, — of which the description is 

 often affiliated on the Talkan of Budukhshan. There is also I believe 

 a third Talkan still nearer to Persia. 



Be Fo ko y a 100 li au sud, 



33. Ko tche : au sud-est, on entre dans les L&J*ij5J? 

 montagnes de Neige. 



Kotche — Koorjee. 



34. Fan yan na (Bamiyan) — a Test, on entre &k?°k 

 dans les montagnes de Neige, on passe les Pics 



noirs. 



Fan yan na — Bameeyan, the celebrated town of this name, well 

 known; it was destroyed, with every kind of cruelty on the inhabitants, 

 by Chungees Khan. Here we notice, f mim, read as ejy n. 



On vient a 



35. Kiapi che (Caboul). — La ville est adossee ck!£ 

 aux monts Tsoung Liny. Au sud de la ville, a 



40 li t v iH e de Si pi to Fa la sse. — De la a 30 li »JJU**f 



7 p 



