164 Ion HuokuVs account of Khorasan. [No. 2. 



I know of no large rivers in the Kohestan ; they manufacture a 

 species of earthen-ware which is taken to other places ; also cloth 

 of silk and cotton mixed, also much thread — but nothing else of 

 value. 



Btjlkh, to which belong Tokharestan, Khotul, Punjheer, Budukh- 

 shan, Bameeyan. 



Tokharestan contains Kholum, Sumunjan, Bughlan, Sukulkund, 

 "Wurwageer, TJrhun, Baween, Talkan, Eshkemesh, Zuwa, Serae Asem, 

 Chesht, Indurab, Muzur, Gah. 



Khotul contains Holawerd and Lawakund, towns of Wukhsh, 

 Karteel, Ulyan, Huleel, Sekundurah, Meel, Undecharagh, Boostak 

 JNeel, sometimes Khotul is joined to the districts of Mawazlnuhr. 



Bameeyan contains Bameeyan, Lushghorkund, Segawund, Kabul, 

 Nujruo, Perwan, Ghuznee, Punjheer. 



Budukhshan has a capital of the same name and is the country of 

 Abu ul Putuh. 



Bulkh lies on a plain about four fursukhs from the nearest hills 

 called the Guz. The city has walls and ramparts with a Musjed ul 

 Jama in the centre of the city surrounded by bazars, between which 

 live the people. The length of the city is about half a fursukh, the 

 houses are of clay. The gateways are called Nuo Bahar, Bukhnuh, 

 Hudeed, Hindoo, Tuhyood, Shustbund, Yuhya. A canal called 

 Bohaneen enters the ramparts at the Nuo Bahar gateway: it is 

 capable of turning ten mills, and irrigates as far as the village called 

 Seyahgerd. 



The gateways are surrounded by gardens and vineyards, the walls 

 have no ditch and are built of clay. 



Tokharestan ; the largest place is Talkan, situated on a plain at 

 an arrow's flight from the hills, it possesses a large canal with gardens 

 and vineyards, being about one-third the size of Bulkh ; next in extent 

 is Wurwageer and then Indurab which is situated in a gorge of the 

 hills • it is a mart for the silver found in the mines of Jaryanuh and 

 Punjheer ; two rivers flow in this district called the Indurab and 

 Kasan ; vines and fruit-trees are plentiful. All the other places of 

 Tokharestan are much of the same magnitude, but all less than 

 Talkan. Wurwageer and Indurab are at the heads of springs con- 

 taining fruit-trees, much cultivation, and a large population. 



