[511] Sī dast.
[512] Az k͟hastagī rū-yi rū nishasta ast: exact meaning doubtful.
[513] Ahū-yi ṣaḥrā,ī.
[514] The author has not mentioned this flight.
[515] Charanda, lit. “grazers.”
[516] Du chār u du-lashma bi-shavam: lashm P. = smooth-bodied: du-lashma shudan is properly to wrestle together without either opponent getting a good grip.
[517] Bā hamchu narra khar-ī.
[518] Az sink͟h-i charanda nīst: sink͟h in m. c. = qism.
[519] Buzhnurd, the capital of a district of the same name, is about 180 miles from the river Atrek, which flows into the south-east corner of the Caspian.
[520] Si chār yak zaraʿ (m. c.) “about 3 or 4 ells”; zaraʿ (Pers. for Ar. zirāʿ) is the Persian ell of about 40 inches.