1853.] Ibn HuokuVs account of Khorasan. 153 



These arrangements only involve some care in the table of routes, 

 and in the map, as it is necessary to introduce so many places under 

 the one map of Khorasan. 



Neeshapoor was known as Eeran-Shuhr, it is situated in a level 

 country with houses built of unburnt brick, placed at a distance 

 from each other, the city covers a square fursukh, having a town, 

 fort and ramparts — both the town and fort contain a large popula- 

 tion. The Jama Musjed is in the suburbs at a place called the Can- 

 tonments. The Government house is situated on a plain called the 

 Prison-square, near the Jail, at a distance of a fursukh from the 

 Musjed, it was built by Omur bin Lues. 



The fort has two gates, and the town four. 



The Easulkunturuh or bridge gate. 



The Mokufful or closed gate. 



The Kohundez or fort gate. 



The Deze-Mushkan. 



The fort is distinct from the town, but the ramparts enclose both ; 

 these last have gates, that leading to Urak and Joorjan is the Ko- 

 bab, that on the Bulkh, Merve and Mawarolnuhr road is the Jubul 

 or mountain gate ; the entrance on the Fars and Kohistan road is 

 the Huozol Eyaz gate ; while on the Toos and JNesa road are several 

 gates, as the Sookhtuh and Sere Sheereen. 



The bazars are outside the town and the fort in the suburbs, the 

 best is known as the Great-square and the second as the Small-square, 

 from the great square the bazars extend to the east as far as the 

 Musjed, and to the west they join the smaller square — to the south 

 they extend to the tomb of the two Husuens, and to the north the 

 streets end at the Bridge. The smaller square is near the prison and 

 Government house. 



The water is chiefly taken from kareez running near the habita- 

 tions and it flows from the houses and waters the gardens inside 

 and outside the city. They have also a large river called the Wade 

 Sughawur. Several towns and villages are irrigated from its waters 

 which run from this Wadee, nor is there any larger river. 



In the whole of Khorasan there is no more extensive or salubri- 

 ous city than Neeshapoor. 



The weavers manufacture stuffs of cotton and of silk which are 



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