230 H. G. Raverty —The Mihrdn of Sind and its Tributaries. [No. 4, 
three days’ journey, is Manjabari, a town situated in a depression or 
hollow, a pleasant place, surrounded with gardens, fountains, and run¬ 
ning water. * * * It is two days’ journey from Debal. 179 * * * 
Among the places of Hind, touching upon Sind, are Famlial, 
Sindan, Saimur, etc.” He mentions likewise certain maritime isles, 
referring, no doubt, to the tracts on the coast, and the Ban, or great 
marsh, between the mouths of the Mihran and Kachohh. 
The Kazwini, who quotes from a much earlier writer, does not give 
us very much information respecting the rivers of these parts, but he 
says, that “ The Nahr- i-Mihran [that is the A'b-i-Sind. See ante note 
117.] rises in the same mountain region in which the affluents of the 
Jihun take their rise,” and, that “the Nahr- i-Mihran flows in a general 
direction of about south-west. After being joined by another Nahr from 
the eastward, the united rivers flow towards the west [south-westwards], 
and fall into the sea of Fars. A branch having separated from the 
IVa7ir-i-Mihran, encircles Mansuriah, and makes it like unto an island.” 
The territory immediately about Mansuriyah is, of course, meant as 
shown in the Masalik wo Mamalik map. 
In another place, quoting from the Istakhari, already noticed, he 
says : “ The Istakhari states, that the Nahr-i -Mihran rises at the back 
of the mountain [range] out of which the affluents of the Jihun issue. 
It then appears near Multan, on the boundary of Samandur [ ], 
and, having passed under [below] Mansuriyah, unites with the sea to the 
east of Debal.” 
In another place the Kazwini mentions Nudiyah or Nudiah, which 
he says, “is an extensive tract of country in Sind, containing numer¬ 
ous people, who are of different tribes. They possess considerable 
wealth ; and most of the cultivation is rice, [showing that water was 
not scarce]. * * * They also have a fine breed of camels, the like 
of which is not found elsewhere. They are taken into Khurasan and 
Fars to breed from.” 
Another geographical work, the Mcrasid-ul-I’tila, plainly states, 
that “ Debal is a well-known town [or city] on the shore of the sea 
of Hind, and a place of considerable trade, near which place, likewise, 
the rivers of Labor and Multan, empty themselves into the ocean.” 
We may now gather further information respecting these rivers of 
Sind from the proceedings of the ’Arab conquerors, but they double up 
179 The name of this place is generally written Dibal by the old geographers and 
historians, but, as the name is evidently derived from Debal or Dewal—an idol- 
temple—the mode of spelling given above is the more correct. 
180 I leave it as it is written. This is the word of which Elliot Tnakes “ Kam- 
baya.” 
