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H. G. Raver fy— The Mihran of Sind and its Tributaries. [No. 3, 
[mc] bank, and is a dependency of Mansuriyah, where \i. e. at Alror or 
Aldor] it receives the name of Mihran. There [but, in one copy, 
“ Farther on ”] it separates into two branches, and both these branches 
of the great river, styled the Mihran of Sind, fall into the sea of Sind 
[or Hind] near the town of Shagarah [ —Sagarah ?], one of the 
dependencies of Mansuriyah, a distance of two days’ journey from the 
town of Debal. 122 * * * After Tiz of Mukran [eastwards], the littoral 
of Sind commences, where are the mouths of the Mihran or Nahr of 
Sind, the principal river of that country. In this part stands the town 
of Debal; and it is [near?] there that the coast of Hind joins that of 
Baruz ( ), where they make the spears called baruzi .” 
“ The territory of Mansuriyah contains 300,000 villages and estates 
[what we style mauza?s in India probably], lying in a fertile tract of 
country, well planted and cultivated. This territory is continually at 
war with a people called Med, originally from Sind, and also with 
other races. 
rur, in reference to its sitnation on the rocky limestone ridge, and the signification 
of which word is, ‘ rough,’ ‘ stiff,’ ‘ rugged,’ ‘ hard,’ etc. See my “ Notes on Afghan¬ 
istan,” etc , page 326, note %. 
Mr. A. W. Hughes, of the Bombay Uncovenanted Service, in his “ Gazetteer of 
the Province of Sind,” p. 678, says it is “ the ancient Loliarkot,” but what, or whose, 
“ Loharkot ” he does not inform ns, nor does he give us his authority ; and yet, on 
the next page, says it was founded “ by one Saiyad Rukandin [Rukn-ud-Din per¬ 
haps is meant] Shah in H. 698 (A. D. 1297). 
Cunningham, on the other hand, in his “ Ancient Geography of India,” says 
(p. 258): “ The true name of Alor is not quite certain. The common pronunciation 
[of English writers P but how is it written ?] at present is Aror, but it seems pro¬ 
bable that the original name was Bora, and that the initial vowel [here the “initial 
vowel,” so called, is the first letter of the alphabet, and a consonant ] was derived 
from the Arabic prefix Al, as it is written Alror in Biladuri, Edrisi, and other ’Arab 
authors [and also “ Aldor,” with ‘d,’ as given in Elliot’s work]. This derivation 
is countenanced by the name of the neighbouring town of Bori [here a letter is 
left out to support the theory], as it is a common practise in India thus to duplicate 
names. So Bora and Bori would mean Great and Little Bora. This word has no 
meaning in Sanskrit [as I have shown above], but in Hindi it signifies “ noise,” 
“clamour,” “roar,” and also “fame.” It is just possible, therefore, that the full 
name of the city may have been Rora-pura, or Rora-nagara ; the “Famous City.” 
Why not, at once, call it the “ Roaring City” ? 
But the “ Hindi” word here quoted by him happens to be Sanskrit ^ ; and, 
unfortunately for this “ Famous ” theory, the name is not written Bori by the peo¬ 
ple of the country, but Rurhi— LS A JJ ); and as J is interchangeable with J in Hindi 
and other dialects, it is also called Lurhi as well as Rurhi. There is another word 
Lbj ( ) — rord, of the same derivation, signifying, ‘stone,’ ‘rock,’ or r a fragment* 
of either. The period when Rurhi was founded will be mentioned farther on. 
122 Compare the map taken from the “Masalik wa Mamalik ” at page 213. 
