The Rashīdī History 212.2

212.2

Badakhshan is on the west of Yarkand. These countries are also divided by [a part of] this same range, which here takes the name of Pamir. The width of the Pamir, in some places, is eight days' journey. Passing onwards, one comes to some of the Yarkand mountains which adjoin Balur, such as Raskam and Tagh Dum Bash; proceeding yet further, one arrives in the land of Tibet. Badakhshan is in the direction of summer sunset (tahistani) from Yarkand, as stated above, and Kashmir is in the direction of winter sunset (zamistani) from Yarkand. That same range runs between Yarkand and Kashmir, and is here called Balti; this [district] belongs to the province of Tibet. There is, in these parts, a mountain wider than the Alai or the Pamir. The width in Balti is twenty days' journey.