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Rh They puncture their hands, and colour them with indigo. They eradicate their beards, so that they have not a sign of hair on their faces. They are all subject to the Ká-án. This country is bounded on one side by the sea, afterwards comes the country of Ráhán, the people of which eat carrion and the flesh of men,—they likewise are subject to the Ká-án. Thence you arrive at the borders of Tibet, where they eat raw meat and worship images, and have no shame respecting their wives. The air is so impure that if they eat their dinner after noon they would all die. They boil tea and eat winnowed barley. There is another country called Deogir, adjoining M’abar inland, the king of which is at constant enmity with the Dewar of M’abar. Its capital is Dúrú Samundúr [Dwára Samudra.] Another large country is called Kandahár, which the Moghals call Karájáng. These people spring from Khitai and Hind. In the time of Kúbilá Ká-án, it was subdued by the Moghals. One of its borders adjoins Tibet, another adjoins Khitá, and another adjoins Hind. Philosophers have said that there are three countries celebrated for certain peculiarities; Hind is celebrated for its armies, Kandahar for its elephants, and the Turks for their horses.