‘The Oriental geography of Ebn Haukal, an Arabian traveller of the tenth century’ [‎267] (320/388)

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On the outer side, the citadel has seven gates; one, the Der-
wazeh Deghket; the second, Derwazeh L c L Khakhet;
the third, Deri L-Vbsr? cXLCo Beikend Behak; the fourth, Der
Ahenin ; the fifth, Deri jf Kerenjan ; the sixth,
Derwazeh ^SiL Sheker; and the seventh, Derwazeh Seg-
herhad. The governor's palace and the prison are in the kohen-
diz; and the chief mosque is on the walls of the kohendiz. In
the inner town is a small bazar ; but there are great bazars in the
citadel. The length of this citj is one farsang. The inner town
and the citadel are watered by a running stream. There are
extensive and fine gardens; and there is a great wall, reaching
from the hill called Sailaa, to the brink of the channel or
water-course of Chaje. This wall was erected, to separate the
country from Turkestan, and prevent incursions. It was erected
by order of Abdullah ben Hamid. From this inclosure, to the
ditch or fosse, is a distance of one farsang. Here is another river,
called the Rudi Turkestan, which partly comes
from ^ Neskan, and partly from the country of
Chekrel: it reaches the town of Behaket.
There is in Ailak a river called by the same name
(Ailak) : this also rises in Turkestan; and runs, for the greater
part, into the river of Chaje. Boumeket is the chief
town of Chaje. Chaje and Ailak border one upon the other.
The buildings, and gardens, and orchards of Ailak, are continued
to the valley or water-course of Chaje, without any inter-
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