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a Birnaristan, or hospital, also the palace built by 'Adud-ad-Dawlah,
the Buyid, who according to the established a library
here.
Half a league south of ShMz, this same Buyid prince, 'Adud-
ad-Dawlah, surnamed Fana Khusraw, had built himself another
palace and surrounded it by a new town, named after himself,
Kard Fana Khusraw. Immense sums were spent on the gardens,
which extended a league across and the houses round this were
occupied by wool-weavers, brocade-makers, and others, being all
craftsmen whom the Buyids had brought to settle in Fars from
many distant lands. A yearly festival was held at Kard Fana
Khusraw, which also became for a short time a mint city ; but its
glories did not survive its founder, and before the close of the 4th
(roth) century it had fallen to ruin. As a suburb it came to be
known as Suk-al-Amir (the Amir's Market), and the rents on
shops are said to have produced 20,000 dinars (^10,000) yearly.
The walls of Shiraz were first built by Samsam-ad-Dawlah or
by Sultan-ad-Dawlah (son and grandson of 'Adud aforesaid), being
originally eight ells thick, with a circuit of 12,000 ells, and no less
than eleven gates. In the middle of the 8th (14th) century, these
walls having fallen to ruin, MahmM Shah Inju, the rival of the
Muzaffarids, repaired them, building also bastions of burnt brick.
When Mustawfi knew Shiraz the city was divided into seven
teen quarters, and had nine gates. These were the Gates of
Isfakhr; of Darak (or Darak Musa), called after the mountain of
this name, two leagues distant from Shiraz, where the winter snow
was stored in pits for use in summer-time; then the Gate of Bayda;
of Kdzirtn ; of Sallam : of Kuba (for which some mss . give Fana
or Kana); next Bab-i-Naw (the New Gate); and lastly, Bab-i-
Dawlah and Bab-i-Sa'adah, ' the Gate of Government' and ' the
Gate of Felicity.' Mustawfi, who gives the list, further remarks
that ShMz is a very fine town, the market streets never being
empty, but he admits that these last were inconceivably filthy.
The water-supply was from the famous channel of Ruknabad,
which had been dug by Rukn-ad-Dawlah the Buyid, father of
'Adud mentioned before, and from the canal of the Sa'di orchard.
In^ spring, torrents flowed down through the city from Mount
Darak; and thence drained into Lake Mahaluyah.