"الجغرافيا الشرقية لابن حوقل، رحّالة عربي من القرن العاشر" [‎٢‎٩‎٨] (٣٨٨/٣٥١)

298 APPENDIX, No. III.
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the chests on the asses, and took his station with the army. When
the chests arrived at the castle, all the men came forth from them,
and began to ring their bells, and threw open the gates of the
city; and Samar entered with his troops, sword in hand, and they
continued to slaughter until it was day; so that blood ran in
streams: the king was slain and the damsel taken prisoner; and
Samar remained in this city one year. In the book entitled
Tesmiah al Boldan, it is mentioned, that in those times Samar-
— cand was called Cheen, and the Cheenians were there ; and these
people first made the paper of the Cheenians. But Samar called this
city after his own name. In Persian Samarkand (with the letter / ).
Kand (OJJ^) in the Tartar or Turkish language signifies a city.
But when this name was used in Arabick, it became Samarcand
(with the letter j>.) After this Samar led forth his army
and proceeded into Turkestan and to Tibbet, &c. &c.