"الجغرافيا الشرقية لابن حوقل، رحّالة عربي من القرن العاشر" [‎٥‎٨] (٣٨٨/١١١)

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of C! u/' Kirman : and it is said that these are the mountains of
Masindan*.
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Description of Diar Modhar.
Ajiilj j ajj Rahka and Rqfika are two towns of this pro-
rince, situated on the eastern side of the river Forat; they both
have mosques, and are planted with trees: and on the western
side of the Forat, between Rakka and (j>Jb Bales> is the burial-
place of yggb Omru-hen-Yaser.
Jedan is a town of middling size, inhabited by a race of
people whom they call Sabians. Their place of religious
worship is on a lofty pile or heap (<JJA j y*), which they
ascribe to Abraham, on whom be the blessing of God! This
place they hold in high veneration ; esteeming it holy, and making
pilgrimages to it from other quarters. There are but few trees
and little water at Jedan,
j 2Zoha is a place of nearly the same size. The Christians are
or Nascdan ^^Jw,lj But the word is so badly written, that the true
reading may be quite different.