160 Ibn HuokuVs account of Khorasan. [No. 2. 



is superior to that produced in any other district of Khorasan, and 

 is exported in large quantities. The water is supplied from the Herat 

 rood, a river which flows on to a place called Surukhs, unless when the 

 water is turned off below that place, in which year it is not obtain- 

 able so low down its bed. Pooshung is surrounded by a wall and a 

 ditch, having three entrances. 



The Ulee gate on the jNeeshapoor road, the Herat and the Kohes- 

 tan on their respective roads. 



The next town is Koosweyuh, in size about one third of Pooshung, 

 containing water and a few gardens with houses of unburnt brick. 



Khusruo Gerd abounds in gardens and water but is less in size 

 than Koosweyuh — Berkurduh is still smaller with some water ; the 

 inhabitants are breeders of cattle and not agriculturists. Koh is 

 equal to Berkurduh, has both cultivation and irrigation. 



Badghues, contains the towns of Jubul-ul-fezut, Koh, Koghuna- 

 bad, Best, Jadoo, Kaburoon, Kalyoos, Dehestan ; the Sultan resides 

 at Koghunabad ; the largest and most populous place of these is 

 Dehestan which is about half the size of Pooshung, with houses 

 built of clay ; the country contains much lead. The town is among 

 the hills of little water and few gardens and no grapes, its cultiva- 

 tion depends on rain, similar to which are Koh and Jubul-ul-fezut of 

 which the two former is the largest place, the latter is on a hill 

 containing mines of silver not worked from the absence of fire wood, 

 the former, Koh, is on a plain. 



Koghunabad, Best, Jadoo possess gardens, water and upland cul- 

 tivation, but Kaburoon and Kalyoos are without gardens or running 

 streams, their water being obtained from ponds and wells. The 

 inhabitants are agriculturists as well as breeders of cattle. Jubul- 

 ul-fezut is situated on the road leading from Herat to Surukhs. 

 The population of Badghues is all of the established sonnee sect, 

 except that of Hujestan, and the village of Uhmud bin Abdallah who 

 are all Khowarej. 



Gunj Bostak is a district of which Buen is a town, as also Kuef 

 and Bugshoor, the Soltan resides at Buen which is the largest place 

 in the district and greater than Pooshung, to which place Bughshoor 

 is about equal ; Kuef is less than half Bughshoor ; Buen and Kuef 

 possess plenty of water, gardens and grapes, but the houses are of 



