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Karáchár,1 grandson of Káchúli Berlás, grandfather in the eighth degree of the emperor Taimúr Gurkán; and those Turkománs, during the insurrection of the descendants of Chaghtái Khán,3 settled in this country, and they are at present styled Káchár.

GONG-I-DIZH,5 a town of the second climate, in Túrán it is the first inhabited place in the eastern direction.*

قراچار كنك درة

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قاچار - چغتاي خان - قاچولي برلاس

* This name has also been given to Jerusalem, the "Beit al mukuddes") or "Holy house;" which, says the Dictionary "Burhan-i-Káetâ," is called in the Syriac lan

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Here we find the و بسرياني ايليا خوانندش) .guage “ Ilia

Hierosolyma Capitolina, erected on the ruins of old Jerusalem by Hadrian Ælius, and named after that emperor, Ælia. The

كنك بهشت and Gong-i-Behesht كك دز) Gong-i-Diz

was also an edifice constructed at Babylon, by the ancient king Jemshid; afterwards ruined, then repaired by Alexander; but since reduced to a mere heap or pile, still visible near the town of Hilleh (a), as the Dictionary "Jehángíri" and other manuscripts inform us. It was a name likewise for one of the imaginary paradises or seats of beatitude, as the learned Hyde has remarked in his "Historia Religionis Veterum Persarum," (c. 10.) "Ex imaginariis locis Beatitudinis est Ghang-diz," &c.

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GILÁN,' a celebrated province of Irán (or Persia), extending in length from Sefídrúd to Múghán.3

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LAKNAHÚTI, a city of Bengál,* founded by Muhammed Bakhtyár Khilji, who was one of the learned men and nobles under the old Khilji Sultáns; and the whole territory was in former times called Laknahúti; but the city is now ruined, and in its place is a jangle or forest, at the distance of four leagues from Pandwah.6

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کیلان 1 سفیدرود * موغان 3 لكنهوتي * محمد بختیار خلجی

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*“Lucknouti," says Major Rennell, "a city also called 'Gour,' the ancient capital of Bengál, and supposed to be the Gangia Regia of Ptolemy, stood on the left bank of the Ganges about twenty-five miles below Rájemál. It was the capital of Bengál 730 years before Christ. No part of the ancient Gour is nearer to the present bank of the Ganges than four miles and a half; and some parts which were originally washed by that river are now twelve miles from it. Gour must have extended fifteen miles in length, and from two to three in breadth.”—“ Memoir of a Map of Hindoostan," 2nd edition, p. 55.

MAREB, a city of Yemen: it is also called Sabá, and is mentioned in the Korán, chapter of Sabá.

MÁCHÍN,3 a considerable region near Chín : it derives its name from Machin, the son of Japhet, the son of Noah, on whom be peace! The chief city of Máchín is called Tanktásh; and this country is situated in the first and second climates and in the work entitled" Jamiâ Rashidi "5* it is affirmed that the name Máchín was

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In a very curious MS. belonging to Sir W. Ouseley's Collection, and numbered in his printed Catalogue 676, (being an original list of the most rare and excellent chronicles Arabic and Persian,) the Jamià Rashídi is described as a genealogical and historical account of Changiz Khan and his descendants, with anecdotes of the Moghúl nobles

جامع رشيدي

انساب واحوال چنگیز خان واولاد او و امراء

مغول را بتفصيل حاوي است

This must not be confounded with another chronicle mentioned in the same Persian Catalogue, the Táríkh Rashídi, composed

originally Mahá-Chín; in which the Indian word and "Chín" is the

"mahá" signifies "great,
"great," and

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same as Khitá (the country so called and already mentioned in its place).

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MÁZINDERÁN,3 a province of Irán, on the shore of the Sea of Gilán (or the Caspian): this country is also called Tabristán.

MÁSBENDÁN, a town of Shirván in the third

climate.

MÁHANESAR, a castle or fortress in the province of Mázinderán.

MADÁÍN," a celebrated city in îrák Arab, one of the works of King Tahmúras: here is the Aiván-ikesri. This place was called Madáín, because it was the most considerable of the seven Madáín, or ، cities ” of frak Arab; and in the time of the Akásreh these cities were Madáín (above mentioned), and the other six, Kádesíah,10 Rúmíah," Heirah,12 Bábel,13 Halwán, 14 and Nahrván.15

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by Mirza Haider Dúghlát Gúrkán, on the history of the Kháns or Sovereigns of Káshghur

تالیف میرزا حیدر دوغلات کورکان در ذکر تاريخ رشيدي

خانان کاشغر

MEDINAH AR'RASÚL,' (the city of the prophet,) in Arabia; there are seven other towns which claim the title of Meden or Medín (cities); these are Isfahan, Marvsháhján, Níshápúr, Kazvín,* Bokhárá, Samarkand, and Nasaf, which is generally called Nakhsheb."

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MARHAT, (the final letter being the Indian t with four dots or points above,) a territory in the Dekkan of India: it gives name to the race of people called Marhatah,' and comprises Ahmednagar,10 Dowletábád" and Aurungabád.12 In former times this territory was called Gihrgi, 13 the gate or door, opening into the Dekkan." *

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اورنکا باد ** دولت آباد " احمد نكر - قوم مرهته 9

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* Between the article "MARHAT" and "MASKÚ" is inserted in the MS. one of those passages to which Sir W. Ouseley alludes in his letter (see the Preface) as belonging rather to history than geography, since it does not mention any place. This passage appears under the title of Mazhdak (j), who is described as a learned magian or fire

worshipper in the time of king

Kobád, father of the great

Núshirván: having introduced some heretical doctrines, he was put to death by the monarch with three hundred, or, according

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