144 MeynarcVs Ibn Khordddheh. [No. 2, 



10 Dirhams. This does not square either with the prices of grain in 

 those days, nor with the size of the Jaryb which I have found. There 

 must be something wrong in my calculations, and I therefore would 

 call the attention of men in India, who take an interest in such 

 matters, to the subject. They have means of ascertaining facts con- 

 nected with revenue and agriculture, which are wanting in Europe. 



I now insert a statement of the revenue of the other provinces of 

 the empire of the Khalyfs^ according to Qodama.* He usually gives 

 the numbers and names of the districts into which every province 

 was divided for the sake of administration , and states the totals of the 

 revenue. As the MS. is very incorrect, I omit the names of districts- 

 and confine myself to the provinces : 



Dirhams. 



Ahwaz, 18,000,000 



Faris, .. 24,000,000 



Kerman, ., 6,000,000 



Mekran, the Moqatea amounted, 1,000,000 



Ispahan, 10,500,000 



Sijistan, the Irtifa' revenue, according to agree- 

 ment, amounted to, ... .. 1,000,000 



60,500,000 



Khorasan. If I understand right, this immense 

 province was leased to Abd Allah b. Tahir, that 

 is to say, he received the whole revenue, defray- 

 ed the expenses of administration, and kept the 

 surplus after having sent the tax to the treasury 

 of the Khalyf in cash including the value of a cer- 

 tain number of horses and slaves furnished to him, 38,000,000 



Mah-Kiifa, i. e. Daynawar, 1,000,000 



Mah-Bacra, i. e, Nohawand, 800,000 



Hamadan, 1,700,000 



Masibzan, 1,100,000 



Mahrjan-Qazaq, 1,200,000 



Qomm and Qoshan, , , 3,000,000 



* Which may be compared with that of Ibn Khordadbeh. 



