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the main river, and forms after that but one stream. 174 This junction 
occurs twelve mil [miles] below Mansuriah. The river then passes 
on to Nirun, and subsequently unites with the ocean. 176 Mansuriah is 
accounted among the dependencies of Sind, like Debal, Nirun, Sharusan, 
Chandiir, Baniyah, Kalari, Atri, Basmid, Multan, 176 etc. 
“ Dor 177 lies on the bank of the Mihran which flows west of that city 
[or town]. It compares with Multan in size. From it Basmid is three 
days’ journey, Atri four days’, and Kalari two. The last-named place 
is on the west bank of the Mihran, is a well fortified town, and carries 
on a brisk trade. Near it the Mihran separates into two branches, the 
largest branch [i. e. the main branch] flows towards the east as far as 
the vicinity of Mansuriyah which is on its west bank, while the other 
runs north-west, then north, and afterwards towards the west. 178 The 
branches again unite about twelve mil [miles] below Mansuriyah. Kalari 
is some distance out of the main route, but is much frequented for 
trading purposes. It is distant from Mansuriyah a long days’ journey of 
forty mil [miles], and from Sharusan [Siw-istan or Sadusan] three days’ 
journey. Sharusan is remarkable for its size, its fountains, and canals, 
its abundant productions, and its profitable trade. From thence, distant 
might be sought for. Then again there are the ruins near “ Shakhr-pur, of the 
maps, some thirty miles westwards from Thathah, and the extensive ruins near Badin, 
about thirty-three miles west of that again. The ruins at this place are similar to 
those of Bahman-no or Bahman-abad, and the city or whatever it was, was probably 
destroyed at the same time. The ruins near Badin may be those of Manjabari, and 
those near “ Shakhr-pur ” may be the remains of Nirun Kot, but more probably 
of Damrilah ; but there is no district of Sind less likely to show remains of anti¬ 
quity than that known as Shah Bandar. 
174 See Bu-Rihan’s account above, who also mentions two mouths. 
175 it is stated in the Tarikh of Hafiz Abru, which is a comparatively modern 
work, but held in great estimation, and completed about 829 H. (1425 A. D.j, that, 
“ The source of the river Sind is on the skirts of the mountains of Kash-mir [north 
of], and runs from the western side of those mountains into the territory of Man¬ 
suriyah, its course being from north to south, and near the end of its course bends 
towards the east, and enters the sea of Hind. The river Jamd [the Jhilam] also 
rises in the mountains of Kash-mir, but on the south side. It runs from north to 
south, and enters the land of Hind. # # # In the neighbourhood of Multan it unites 
with the Sind river, which falls into the ocean. The Biah is a large river, which 
rises on the east side of the mountains of Kash-mir, flows through the territory of 
Luhawar [Lahor], and from thence to I/chchh, and falls into the ocean in the coun¬ 
try of Kambayah.” The chronicler, no doubt, meant the tract adjacent to Sorath 
or Saurashtra, between it and Sind, the river separating the two tracts of country ; 
and he referred to the Hakra or Wahindah of which the Biali was still a tributary. 
176 Others consider Multan to be dependent on Hind. 
177 The word is or Ror - it appears written with in MSS. 
178 See Ibn Haukal, page 215. 
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