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14 and between him and the other kings a communication is kept up by ships. It is stated that he has in his possession five thousand elephants; that his country produces cotton cloths and aloe wood. The seventh is the king of Kámrún, which is contiguous to China. There is plenty of gold in this country. [From the frontier of Kirmán to Mansúra, eighty parasangs; this route passes through the country of the Zats [Jats], who keep watch over it. From Záranj, capital of Sijistan, to Multán, two months' journey. Multan is called “the farj of the house of gold,” because Muhammad, son of Kásim, lieutenant of Al Hajjáj, found forty bahárs of gold in one house of that city, which was henceforth called “House of Gold.” Farj (split) has here the sense of “frontier,” A bahár is worth 333 mans, and each man two ritls.] [C OUNTRIES OF S IND .—Al Kaírúnya [Kírbún? ], Makrán, Al Mand (or rather, country of the Meds), Kandáhar, Kasrán, Núkan, Kandábil, Kinnazbún, Armábíl, Kanbalí, Sahbán, Sadúsán, Debal, Rásak, Al Daur [Alor], Vandán, Multán, Sindán, Mandal, Salmán, Saïrasb, Karaj, Rúmla, Kúli, Kanauj, Barúh [Broach]. ] There is a road through the city of Karkúz, leading to the eastern countries from Persia. The island of Khárak lies fifty parasangs from Obolla. It is a parasang in length and breadth, and produces wheat, palm trees, and vines. The island of Láfat is at a distance of eighty parasangs from that of Khárak, and has cultivated lands and trees. It is two