"الجغرافيا الشرقية لابن حوقل، رحّالة عربي من القرن العاشر" [‎٢‎٤‎٠] (٣٨٨/٢٩٣)

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cXy Termed is a city situated on the banks of the Jihoon : it
has a castle and suburbs, and ramparts : the government palace is in
the kohendiz, or castle ; the prison is in the town ; the mosque,
and the bazars, in the suburbs. The buildings are of clay; all
the streets and bazars are paved with burnt tiles. They drink
the water of the Jihoon ; and use, for the purposes of agriculture,
the water of the river Cheghanian (jLyLx^.
^L/^Lo Kohadian is smaller than Termed. Weish-
gird is about the same size as Termed. From the borders of
Weishgird to Shuman, to near Cheghanian, they culti
vate saffron. (^bc^Lo Kohadian produces madder
Cheghanian is larger than Termed ; but Termed is more populous,
and better supplied. Akhseik is opposite Zam.
Zam is on the borders of Khorasan, but reckoned among the ter
ritories of Maweralnahr : it is a small town, and the inhabitants
deal in cattle. Zam, and Akhseik, on the banks of the Jihoon,
are both at the extremity of the desert.
Khuarezm is the name of a region distinct from Khorasan. All
iound Khuarezm the desert extends. One side of it borders on
Ghaznein; that is the western side. The western and
southern sides are bounded by Khorasan and Maweralnahr. After
Khuarezm and Jihoon, there is not any town until you come to
the lake. Khuarezm is situated on the northern side of the Jihoon.
On the southern side of the Jihoon is ^Korkanje : it is a
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