215 
1892.] H. G. Raverty —The Mihran of Sind and its Tributaries. 
is a city full of affluence and convenience, and will not be less [in size] 
than Multan. It has two walls [jy4—or sides ?] placed or situated 
on the banks of the Mihran Rud. 140 
“ Debal is situated to the east [ sic in MSS. 141 ] of the Rud-i- 
Mihran, and on the sea coast. It is the harbour of that territory. They 
cultivate the land without irrigation. It is a confined place [*»#>, a word 
which also means ‘barren’], but for the sake of trade people take up 
their dwelling there. 
“ Nirun is a city situated between Debal and Mansuriyah on the 
road thither, and is situated on the west side of the Mihran ; and Bahraj 
or Bharaj [^rtf 148 —also written | and ^^ in other copies], Mas wae 
or Maswahi or Maswa’i 0 r or Sindusan or Sidu- 
san or and Hanibar [ ] or Halbali [AkIa] or 
Ealiyah [aJa] or Halat [Aht] or Hazah [#<>a] are situated on the west¬ 
ern side of the Mihran. I'ri [^;fi] or I'di or (jj^l] or Andi [<^<*1 
—and Abri—^>t], and Falui [<^] or Dalfii [ ] 14 *, lie on the east 
side, in such wise, that, in going from Mansuriyah to Multan, they lie 
at a distance from the banks of that river. 
“ Balui [ ^-4 or Jalbui—<_ 5 ^W> 144 ] is situated on the Mihran, near 
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unto a channel which branches off from the river behind Mansuriyah 
[as shown in the map of the Masalik wa Mamalik, just opposite Sadusan 
or Siw-istan]. 
“ Famhal [ ] is a city [or town] situated on the nearest border 
of Hindustan, as far as Saimur [ ] ; and from Famhal to Mukran, 
140 i n Elliot (p. 37), this description is applied to Alror. He has : “The country 
[city] of Alrur is as extensive as Multan. It has two walls, is situated near the 
Mihran, and is on the borders of Mansura.” 
The text I have quoted is as above, and agrees with the “ Masalik wa Mamalik.” 
14 1 in the map to Ibn Haukal’s text, as in the Masalik wa Mamalik map, Debal is 
placed west of the river. The above, therefore, is palpably a mistake of the copyists. 
See the map from Pnrchas. 
142 This is the same place as is mentioned by the Istakhari, and by the Balaziri 
in the account of Muhammad’s advance against Sadusan, or Siw-istan, the modern 
Siliwan. 
143 Such are the variations in different copies. In the text translated by Ander¬ 
son in the “Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal” for 1819, the words are 
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144 The name is thus written in the map to Ibn Haukal’s text in the Bodleian 
Library. It will be noticed, that, in writing, if the upper part of ^ is rounded a 
little, as in quick writing, it is liable to be mistaken for j ; and this last letter, if 
the upper part is lengthened, as it is very apt to be iu MS., may easily be mistaken 
for This place is the Kalari of the Istakhari, 
