Минаев И. - Сведения о странах по верховьям Аму-Дарьи (1879)

Марко Поло. 73 дней * *)• Въ это время Кишмъ былъ главнымъ городомъ цѣлой области, называвшейся тѣмъ же именемъ. Народъ говорилъ здѣсь особымъ языкомъ. М. Поло упоминаетъ, что пастухи этой страны жили въ просторныхъ горныхъ пещерахъ. Кишмъ, лежащій на правомъ берегу р. Варвачь/въ настоящее время не великъ; онъ подчиненъ Бадавшанскому миру, но составляетъ отдѣльный округъ, и его правитель титулуется также миромъ. Караванный путь изъ Кундуза въ Бадакшанъ проходитъ черезъ Мешхедъ, оставляя Кишмъ въ сторонѣ на право. Отсюда черезъ три дня пути по пустынной странѣ М. Поло достигъ Бадакшана. Описанію Бадакпгана М. Поло посвящаетъ цѣлую главу ’)• Жители въ его время были мусульманами и имѣли особый языкъ. Владѣтели производили свой родъ отъ Александра Македонскаго. Страна, по словамъ путешественника, богатая, но холодная: М. Поло говоритъ о рубиновыхъ копяхъ въ горѣ, названной инъ S yghi пап, о серебряныхъ и о копяхъіарів inzuris). Онъ слышалъ ') Sir Н. Rawlinson, Monograph, стр; 504: The mount Khar esent again, where Jerashid placed the most sacred of all the fires, to he transported by Gushtaspin a later age to Cabul, I would propose to identify with toe Kishm of the geographers in the south-west frontier of Badakhehin, as the Chinese orthography of the name was Ki-li-sse-mo; and Colonel Gardiner describee the ruins of an ancient massive building in this neighbourhoud which may very well represent the early fire temple. !) Тамъ же, стр. 165, Chapter XXIX. Юль замѣчаетъ, етр. 164: The ancient capital of Badakhshan stood in the Dasht (or Plain) of Bahirak, one of the most extensive pieces of level in Badakhshan, in which rivers Vardoj, Zardeo ond Sarghalan unite with the Kokcna, and was apparently termed Jailzgiin, This was probably the city called Badakhshan by our traveller..,.

As far as I can estimate.... this will be from 100 io 110 miles distant from Talikan, •)' Тамъ же, стр. 165: There is but one special mountain that produces them, and it is called Syghinan. Юль, стр. 170, говоритъ: The localiiy of the mines is on the right bank of the Oxus, in the district of Ishkishm and on the borders of Shighnan, the Syghinan of the text. Тамъ же, стр. 166: There is also in the same country another mountain, in which azure is found; *tis the finest in the world, and is got in a vein like silver. Cm. примѣчаніе Юля, ibd.: The mines of Ldjwurd (whence i’Azur and Lazuli) have been, like the Ruby-mines, celebrated . for ages. They lie in the Upper Valley of the Kokcha, called Korin, within the Tract called Yamgin, of which the popular etymology is Hamah Kin, or «All Mines* and Чтете visited by Wood in 1838. The produce now is said to be of very inferior quality, and in quantity from 30 to 60 poods (36 lbs each) annualy. The best quality sells at Bokhara