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Updated: August 21, 2024
After passing through several other cities, they arrived on the twelfth of the month Zu'lkaadeh, at another river twice as large as the Jihon, which they passed over in boats.
The distance between Balk, on one of the branches of the Sihon or Oxus, and Shash on the Jihon or Sirr, is at least 350 miles in a straight line; which he appears to have travelled in five days, but which would more probably occupy fifteen. This river is probably the Sirr or Sihon; and the mountains of Karatan and Arjun pervade the district, the two chains being separated by the river.
In the distribution of the vast empire of Zingis, we have already seen that Zagathai, one of his sons, received the subordinate rule of Transoxiana, or the rich country on the rivers Jihon or Amu, and the Sir or Sihon, the Oxus and Jaxartes of the ancients.
Every evening they arrived at a Yam or lodging, and once every week at a city. On the fourth of the month Shawal they reached the river Karamuran , which is as large as the Jihon or Amu.
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