1853.] Urn HuokuVs account of Khorasan. 155 



The Eedgah is situated in the division called Easulrauedan near 

 the square of Abee Jehem, and is surrounded on all sides by houses 

 and buildings. The situation is between Makhan and the canal of 

 Hormuz Kuruh. The streets of the city have four canals — among 

 them is the canal above mentioned — on which are built many of the 

 houses of the city, it enters the walls from the direction of a place 

 called Serjosh. 



Hosuen bin Taher erected many of these buildings, and wished 

 to remove the bazars and Government house to this position. The 

 inhabitants of the quarter of the city called Eas ol Shabaee use this 

 water, in this division, resides the family of Shuekh ol Juleel Abu 

 fuzl Mohummud, the son of Obuedallah. 



Another canal is called the Makhan; on it is the Government 

 house, the bazars, the musjed Hadeesan, the jail and house of the 

 family of Abee Lukhum the slave of Abee Moeet. In which house 

 is a dome, round the interior of which is written the declaration of 

 election to the Khulafut of the family of Abbas, the cupola stands 

 to this day. 



Another canal is called the Zoruk — it flows to the gate of the 

 city and its water is used by the people, on it is the Uteek musjed, 

 and lower down is the house of the family of Khaleel ben Uhmud 

 ben Hemad, the Governor of Bokhara. 



Next is the canal of Usudee Khorasanee, which waters the Mu- 

 huluh of the Sunjar gate, Burmahan and other quarters ; on this 

 canal was the house of the Murzban of Merv. 



Such are the canals on which are placed the various divisions of 

 Merv with their buildings, a wall surrounds all these four canals 

 with the houses ; a second wall surrounds the city and the various 

 villages and is known as the wall of Eaee, of it remains are now 

 to be seen. 



The interior city has four gates. 



The first leading to the Jama-Musjed is called the Sharsan. 



The Homa, the Sunjar, the Malun, the Dure Mushkan leading to 

 Bokhara, near which was the residence and the mint of Mamoon 

 during the period he lived at Merv, previous to his being elected to 

 the Khulufut. 



Merv has one chief river rising under Bameyanfrom which are cut 



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