_ 125 _ days’ journey from Basra. This man captured the island of Bahrein in the time of D Constantino and died there together with many other Turks. On the next day we left here over level, but muddy, stony roads and put up in another small place inhabited by Turkmens with the same way of life. It is situated to the north [of the road] and is called [Mirzé Tepé], “prince’s hill”. On the next day we left and put up in another small place with similar people called [Dumbuli], where we paid two maidins per load. On the next day we travelled over a flat but very muddy road to another small place called [Kurtch Gani]. “wolf’s spoor”, because there are immense numbers of them in the area, where we paid another maidim per load. On the next day we went over a good road to another small place, situated to the north [of the road], called [Tax lu Tepé], “stone hill”, because there is a very high one near there, and the place itself is very stony; the people were similar. The next day we passed two or three more with similar people and put up in another called [Cabahidar]. On the next day, after travelling about two leagues, we entered a valley called [Bagar Sugderé].“valley of guts”, so-called because it is long and narrow, and because many
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