"الجغرافيا الشرقية لابن حوقل، رحّالة عربي من القرن العاشر" [‎٢‎٦‎٨] (٣٨٨/٣٢١)

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val. In the mountains of Ailak there are mines ot gold and
of silver : these mountains are on the borders of Ferghaneh.
Deinket is the largest of all the towns in Ailak. In all
Maweralnahr there is not any mint, except at Samarcand and at
Deinket.
Senjat is a town, with a kohendiz and citadel; the
former now in ruins. The town is in a flourishing state; the
inner part of which extends for near a farsang. Near the citadel
are gardens and running streams; from the town to the foot of
the mountain is three farsang. The town has four gates: the
Deri Bouchek, the Deri Farkhan, the
a JO L w ^((3 Der Sakeraneh, and the Deri Bokhara.
There is a bazar both in the town and in the citadel. The
mosque, and the governor's palace, and the prison, are situated in
the inner town.
The towns in the territories of Senjat are, Bedheket,
and Sameket, Teraz, Atlahy Belly,
Kezr, and Ghersiran ; but Sameket is the chief
town of the Koureh of Kunjideh Kezr is the
chief town of Far ah. Mian is a town to which
the people of 'jt Ghuz come for the purposes of traffick; and as
there are not any hostilities carried on at Mian, the town flou
rishes, and abounds in all the necessaries of life.