‘The Oriental geography of Ebn Haukal, an Arabian traveller of the tenth century’ [‎139] (192/388)

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Sirgan, Jireft, -j Bam, Hormuz,
Douhiji: these cities are, by some, reckoned as belonging
to Pars; by others to Kirman. ^Jiroukan, Mczer-
kan, Sourkan, (jwIM Alias, Keri, Maaun*
Between ^ Sirgan and the desert of <3jj Yezd are
the towns of q&j ^Jirdeh, O ^ jj Zerend, ^ jc V ^ Ferdin, ^jl ^Us
Mahan, and Khehis; and on the side of the desert,
near Bam, is Bennasir. Mehreje, Sinje,
situated in the midst of the desert, and remote from Kirman,
though reckoned as some of its territories. Khouas, the
boundary of Kirman, is said, by some, to be a territory of Se^
jestan.
The mountains of Karen : Aikan,
Deher Houmah, are by some assigned to ^jLc j . j \
Kouhestan abou Ghanem. Between Hormuz and Jireft are the
towns of Koumin, ^ Kijyo Merzingan, Menu*
Jan. On the sea-coast are the mountains or hills of Kefes*
{j&xi Baren and the mountains of the silver mines.
In Kirman there is not any lake or great river: there is that
bay, or gulph, called the Persian Sea, which comes from the
ocean near Hormuz; the water is salt, and ships pass on it to and
fro. In parts of Kirman there are several mines.
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