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Translation of Ibn HuokuVs Account of Scind. [No. I 





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A very slight upward turn t(f 











the tail of the dal ; readily 











accounts for this change ; 











it has crept into common I 

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is Sheostan, — Sudoosan 











may be traced in all the 











works of Persian authority.^ 











The towns ofBukur, Sukur^| 











and Roree were built from j 

 the ruins ofRooree, Ulroor, 1 

 Roor, Alore. It was the f 





















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capital of Upper Scind at 











the Mohamedan invasion.^ 











This may be Kumbalea or^| 











Kumalea, on the coast of j 











the Gulf of Cutch ; oppo- )> 





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site to the port of Maun- 

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Cambay Cambaja an ancient"] 











city in the province of 1 









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Gujarat, the sea port of f 





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Uhmudabad J 











Severndroog Suvarna DurgaT 





the Golden Fortress ; a 











small rocky isle on the 











coast of the Concan, 86 1 











miles S. E. from Bombay, f 







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Celebrated in modern times 











as the residence of the 











Pirate Angria - 











