‘The Oriental geography of Ebn Haukal, an Arabian traveller of the tenth century’ [‎79] (132/388)

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Distances of Places in Khuzistan.
F rom Pars to Irak there are two roads; one by the way of
Basrah, the other by way of Waset. The Basrah road is this:
From Arghan to J^l Asel } two easy merhileh; from
that to a village called ^I c X j /^ Deidan, one merhileh; from
Deidan to Dour eh, and from that to Sasan, a
pleasant town, through which a river flows: from Sasan to
Hysn Mohdi, is a journey of two merhileh:
from these two places one must go by water: and from Hysn
Mohdi to ci >U j Benat, two merhileh; and they go from Dourek
to Basan by water, it being much easier than going by
land. This is the extreme boundary of Khuzistan. Benat is
situated on the banks of the river Dejleh; and, if one chooses he
may go by water to Ablah, or by land, crossing over when he
comes opposite Ablah.
The road from Pars to Irak, by way of Waset, is from Arghan
tojIjU Bazar, one merhileh; from that to Ramuz (pro
bably for ycjb ^\j Ram Hormuz), two merhileh ; from Ramuz to
j3J Leshkur, or Asker Mokrem, three merhileh; from that to
Shushter, one merhileh: from Shushter to