"الجغرافيا الشرقية لابن حوقل، رحّالة عربي من القرن العاشر" [‎١‎٧‎٣] (٣٨٨/٢٢٦)

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tain, in order to display his power to the people u And at the
back of this mountain, on the side of the road, there is a cavern,
or grotto, from which a fountain of water issues forth ; and there
they have carved the statue of a horse, and the figure of a giant
sitting on its back f
The mountain of Seilan is greater than that of Da-
mavend; and here is a race of people who practise a kind of
magism, or fire-worship )•
It is said that the mountain of Jerth is called in Persian
ojS Maset Kouh, and is larger than all the others,
I have not heard that there are in Kouhestan any mines of
gold or silver. Antimony is found at Isfahan. This country
abounds in sheep.
* Rather to gratify the whim of a favourite mistress, according to the Persian ro*
mances»—See the story of Khofru and Sh'treetiy in the Oriental Collections, Vol. I,
p. 218, &c»
^ <_»5 ^ J.J XfiEh y. ^
Perhaps which I have translated Giant, may signify here an illustrious per
sonage, or (in its most obvious sense) a Guebre, a Pagan, or ancient Persian*