‘The Oriental geography of Ebn Haukal, an Arabian traveller of the tenth century’ [‎153] (206/388)

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date trees, and furnishes tXyli Faneid (a kind of sweet paste or
candied cakes), to all quarters; its villages border on those of the
province of Kirman, at the place called Meslceni.
Resasil and Kant ell are two large towns
within two menzils: from Resasil to the sea is half a farsang.
^ xj I c X o Kandabil is a considerable city situated in the desert.
Kirkanan is another large town in the desert.
In the district of OoJ I Azend the Mussulmans and infidels are
all intermixed. Here they have cattle and gardens. The naijie
of a man who took this place was JoU Naiel (or JoLi Nahul),
and it is called after him.
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Distances of Places in Sind.
F rom Bein to Kehr, five merhileh; from Kebr to
Fetrioun, two merhileh; and if one goes from the road
of Fetrioun, by the road of Makran, it is the same distance :
from Fetrioun to Derek, three merhileh; from that to
Asofkah, two merhileh; from that to cX^ Med, one mer
hileh; from Med to y&S Kesr, one merhileh; from Kebr