‘The Oriental geography of Ebn Haukal, an Arabian traveller of the tenth century’ [‎255] (308/388)

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people present
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( 255 )
The water of Samarcand is all from the river which comes
from the mountains above Cheghanian. There is a
reservoir for that water, which they call Bergher ; from
this that water flows till it comes to a place called Bihe-
ket, and thence to JVarghes, where there is a bridge ;
from that the rivers of Samarcand are divided to the east and west.
Those on the eastern side proceed from near Warghes, at the
place called *, because the mountains there are fewer, and
the cultivated fields more numerous: from this the river flows;
and the river Bous also comes to Samarcand, to which,
with the villages, it affords water.
The river Barmis rises in the vicinity of that river, in
the southern territory, and waters many villages there. The Bous
and Barmis are the largest of all those rivers ; they both are navi
gable for boats, and many streams branch off from them, which
water many villages and meadows. From the territory of
Warghis to the village called Zarghem, ten farsang in
length, and from four to one farsang in breadth; from the dis
trict of Barghis, and ^JuLc Manferenje, and Zarg
hem, and Bikheru, above Zarghem, and the rivers which
flow from the desert of Gherhan the river
j s iakh ar and the river Sawat, and the river
# I have given this word as it appears in my MS. In that of Eton a blank space is
left for the name.
t Istakhar of Pars, is generally written but sometimes like this