1892.] H. Gr. Raverty— The Mihran of Sind and its Tributaries. 
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“ Mansuriyah and its dependencies, like Multan and its territory, 
is a frontier. The name, Mansuriyah, it derived from Mansur, son of 
Jamliur, who had been placed there by the Bani ’Ummiyah, as Hakim, 
* * * Sind is the territory nearest the Musalman dominions : Hind lies 
more east. Nofir, son of But, son of Ham, son of Nuh, at the head of 
his descendants and followers, took the direction of Sind and Hind, 
where his posterity multiplied, and were remarkable for their gigantic 
stature. They established themselves in the territory of Mansuriyah, a 
dependency of Sind. This confirms the tradition, that Hind and Sind 
had been peopled by the descendants of Nofir, son of But, son of Ham, 
son of Nuh.” 
The Istakhari says : “ Samand is a small city [or town] situated 
like Multan, on the east of the river Mihran. Between each of these 
places and the river the distance is two farsangsd^ * * * The town of 
Alror [yjjJI ] is about the size of Multan. It has two walls [ ], is 
situated near [not on, it will be observed] the Mihran, and near the 
borders of Mansuriyah [the territory]. Nirun is about half way between 
Debal and Mansuriyah. * * * 
“ The river of Sind, which is called the Mihran of Sind [lower down 
stream], is said to issue from a mountain range in which several of the 
tributaries of the Jihun rise. 184 The Mihran passes by the borders of 
Samand [the Samandur of the Kazwinl, who quotes this work] 186 and 
Alror [or Aldor] from the neighbourhood of Multan, and from thence 
to Mansuriyah, 186 and farther onwards, until it unites with the ocean to 
the east of Debal. Its waters are very pleasant [sweet].- 187 It is said 
that there are crocodiles in it as large as those of the Nil [Nile]. It 
rises and inundates the land just like that river does, and after the 
waters subside seed is sown in the same manner as I have described in 
the account of Misr [Egypt]. The Sind Rud [or River of Sind and Hind] 
123 Compare the Mas’udfs statement, pages 189,90. If the Sindi farsangs before 
mentioned, of eight mil to each far sang, the distance would be sixteen English miles, 
but, according to the more correct computation, about six. 
124 See my “ Notes on Afghanistan,” etc., page 563, note # . 
125 See page 213 and farther on, also the old map from Purchas. 
126 Elliot has, at page 30, the following :—‘‘ The Mihran passes by the borders of 
Samand and A1 Rur (Alor) to the neighbourhood of Multan,” etc. It is impossible 
for the river to have flowed backwards from “ A1 Rur ” to Multan. It is exactly 
contrary. 
127 Compare this with the statement in the “ Masalik wa Mamalik ” and Ibn 
Haukal, farther on. 
Hafiz Abru says the Sind river or Ab-i-Sind runs into the territory of Man¬ 
suriyah, its course being from north to south, and, at the end, turning towards the 
east. 
