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The  mountains  of    Karen  are  difficult  of  access,  and  very
strong:  in  every  hill  there  is  a  chief.  Here  are  lofty  trees,  and
forests,  and  streams,  but  no  towns  except  Shehmar.
TSarn  Sari)  one  merhileh.  This
was  the  residence  of    Karen,  who  was  their  king
(  li  oli  a);  and  the  seat  of  government,  and  the
place  where  the  treasures  were  deposited.  From  the  mountains
of  Bardestan  to  Sari,  is  one  merhileh.
From  the  borders  of  Deilman,  and  the  coast  of  the  sea,  to
Asterabad,  is  one  day’s  journey;  it  is  not  more.  The
district  of  ()  Rey  is  adjoining  to  Cazvin.  Ebher,  and
K  Rengan,  and  Talekan,  and  pas  Kesr
al  radein,  are  in  these  territories;  and  ogi  Koumes,  and
Semnan,  and  IS  Damghan,  and  Lxs  Bustam,
are  all  connected  one  with  another.
And  l  Amol,  and  le  Melil,  and    Salous,  and
Kellar,  and  Rouban,  and  abus  Mesleh,  and  Aien
alhem  e,  and    Memta,  and    Sari,  and
Mehrwan,  andAlmerasek,  andai  Bemisheh, ¬
  are  reckoned  as  belonging  to  Taberistan.
*I  have  before  remarked  the  extreme  obscurity  and  inaccuracy  of  several  passages
in  this  work.  I  shall  endeavour,  in  a  future  publication,  to  illustrate  and  correct  them.