"الجغرافيا الشرقية لابن حوقل، رحّالة عربي من القرن العاشر" [‎١‎٩‎٢] (٣٨٨/٢٤٥)

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Sumsider*; and from Sutemder to Derbend, four days journey;
(qjjj from Derbend to the Region of Serir (y^c^XX^),
is three days journey; and from Amol to the extreme boundary
of Bertas, twenty days journey; from Bertas to Jehal or
Bejebal, ten merhileh; and from Amol to Bcjhal, one
month ; also one month from Amol to Bulgar, by way of the
desert, or, if one goes by water, it may be two months. From
Bulgar to the borders of Roum, ten merhileh; and from Bulgar
to Gunaieh, or aj U j / Gunaheh, &c. twenty merhileh. From
Bejebal to f Toshereth, or Bashkouth, or 2 oth-
kereth, about ten days journey; and from Bashkouth
to Bulgar, twenty merhileh.— -God knows the truth.
Of the Deserts hetween Pars and Khorasan.
O n the east the desert of Khorasan partly borders the pro
vince of Makran, and partly Seiestan; to the
south it has ^ Kirman, and Fars, and part of the borders of
Isfahan.
In this desert there are not many habitations of men, as in
* Obscure.
t No point.
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