3G(J Ibn HuokuV s Account of Seestan, [No. 5. 



The Kaz ; 



The Meeshuk ; 



The Kurkoonuh ; 



The Esrees ; 



The Ajuzuh ; 



The Beemarestan ; 



The Rooeguran ; 

 all these gate-ways are of earth in regular layers, with wood-work 

 fixed in them. The Jama Musjed is in the city as you enter the Fars 

 gate. The offices of Government are in the suburbs between the Fars 

 and Tarn gates, outside the city. The jail is within the city near the 

 Musjed. There also Was the Government house, but it is now transferred 

 to the suburbs. Between the Tarn and Fars gates are the palaces of 

 Yakoob and Omur, sons of Lues ; a Government office also exists in the 

 palace of Yakoob. Inside the city, between the Kurkoonuh and Meeshuk 

 gates, is a grand building called the Urk — it was the treasury of Omur. 

 The bazars of the city are near the Musjed, they are extensive, but 

 those of the suburbs are more frequented. Omur built a bazar which 

 he made wukf for the Musjed, the hospital, and the Kabu at Mecca — 

 one thousand derhems are daily collected in this bazar. The inner 

 city is supplied with water by many canals ; one enters by the Uteek 

 gate-way, a second by the Judeed, and a third by the Tarn gates ; 

 the expanse of these waters if joined would turn a mill. Near the 

 Musjed are placed several large tanks into which flows fresh water 

 to be used and expended in the houses of the people and in their 

 under-ground residences. In the larger palaces of both the city and 

 suburbs water is also plentiful, as also are gardens. Through the 

 centre of the suburbs run those canals which enter the city. 



The bazar extends from the Fars gate of the city to the Meena 

 gate of the suburbs, nearly half a fursukh. 



The soil is saline and sandy ; the climate arid, nourishing dates, but 

 without snow. The surface consists of level plains. 



No mountains are visible, the nearest being in the district of Furruh. 



The wind is so strong and so steady, that the inhabitants have erect- 

 ed grinding mills to be turned by it. The sands fly much from place 

 to place to an extent carrying injury to the villages and towns. 



"When it is desired to remove a heap of sand from a place to some 

 distance from the fields near it, they build up round the sand an 



