174 Ihn HuolcuV s account of Khorasan. [No. 2. 



the scattered seed, thirty more could be collected in the following 

 season. 



Heeat. 



The city has been altered since this description was written, the 

 names of the gates, of the canals, and of the villages given in the 

 translation are such as I believe to be intended and to be correct, 

 I have compared them with the names given in many books. Mara- 

 bad is the Marwan of the Map. 



Esfezar — Arthur Conolly mentions Kooshuk as a small fort 

 situated in a fertile plain of twenty miles in breadth. 



Subzwar is a town of one thousand houses. 



Pooshung was the capital of the family of Taher, which for 

 several generations was all-powerful in Khorasan. The Nozhut-ul- 

 Koloob contains Kooswee, Khushruogird, and Burooh as its sub- 

 divisions, the second I adopt and the latter may have connection 

 with Burkurduh. But Mohun Lai mentions Furuhabad to the 

 South of Khan 7 , which is about the requisite position, and points to 

 Furuhgerd as the correct reading, perhaps Ferhadgerd. 



Kooswee was passed by Arthur Conolly in ruins, at seventy miles 

 from Herat. It was once a place of importance and stood a long 

 siege from Jungeez Khan. 



Urur, one dictionary offers the Surv or cypress-tree for this word. 



Hureerood, it appears to be settled, that this river does not run 

 so far as to reach Surukhs ; and its junction with the Tajend to be 

 a misconception, or at any rate doubtful, as the country rises from 

 Herat towards Mushud. 



Badghues — the readings with the exception of Koh are nearly all 

 confirmed by the Nozhut-ul-Koloob. The district is an extensive one 

 to the North of Herat. 



Hujestan is noted in a history of Herat. 



Gunjrostak appears to form a large division of country lying 

 between Badghues and the Moorghab river. 



Bughshoor. — The Nozhut-ul-Kolook has Buhreshoor in the required 

 position — which is about the Awsharuh of "Wyld's map. Native 

 authority is in favour of Bughshoor — I incline to Buhreshoor. 



Buen and Kuef are unknown. 



Mervrood appears never to have been visited, hence many of the 

 subdivisions cannot be identified. 



