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'The lands of the Eastern Caliphate Mesopotamia, Persia, and Central Asia from the Moslem conquest to the time of Timur' [‎318] (357/586)

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318
KIRMAN.
[CHAP.
Jami' Sayyan. One march from here, in the sandy plains nearer
the coast, was the town of Darahkan; no trace of which, however,
now appears to exist. There was a mosque in the town, and its
gardens produced much indigo, water being procured by under
ground channels.
Between Valashgird and Maniijan runs a river with many
tributaries, now known as the Rfidkhanah-i-Duzdi: it is mentioned
by Istakhri as the Nahr-az-Zankan, and by YaMt as the Raghan
river. Mukaddasi refers to the populous town of RMhkan, which
probably stood on its course, as surrounded by gardens growing
date palms and orange-trees. To the north-east of Mantikan, and
on the road to Rigan, being three marches from the port of
Hurmuz, stood the twin cities of Bas and Jakin, each with its mosque
and market. Nahr or JHy-Sulayman (Solomon's Brook), a popu
lous town, one march west of Rigan, is referred to by Mukaddasi
as of the Jiruft district. Its fertile lands were watered by a stream
which ran through the town, in the centre of which stood a mosque
and a castle. Lastly, in the northern part of the mountainous
district of Jabal-al-Kufs, Mukaddasi mentions the town of Kiihistan,
for distinction called after a certain Abu Ghanim. It was very
hot, and palm-groves grew all round the town, in the midst of
which was a castle beside the mosque 1 .
Old Hurmuz, or Hurmuz of the mainland, lay at a distance of
two post-stages, or half a day's march, from the coast, at the head
of a creek called Al-Jir, according to Istakhri, 4 by which aft^r one
league ships come up thereto from the sea,' and the ruins of the
town are still to be seen at the place now known as Minab,
vulgarly Minao. In the 4th (10th) century Old Hurmuz was
already the seaport for Kirman and Sijistan, and in later times,
when New Hurmuz had been built on the island, this place
supplanted Kays, just as Kays had previously supplanted Siraf,
and became the chief emporium of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Istakhri
speaks of the mosque and the great warehouses of (Old) Hurmuz,
many of the latter being in the outlying villages, two leagues
from the town. Palm-groves were numerous and dhurrah was
cultivated, also indigo, cummin, and the sugar-cane. Mukaddasi
praises the markets of Hurmuz, its water was from underground
1 1st. 169. Muk. 466, 467. Yak. iv. 330.

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The lands of the Eastern Caliphate Mesopotamia, Persia, and Central Asia from the Moslem conquest to the time of Timur

Publication Details: Cambridge : University Press, 1905.

Notes: Cambridge Geographical Series.

Physical Description: xvii, 536 p., 10 maps (folded).

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