The Nāṣirī Generations 245.5

245.5

Chin, son of Yafis, was very clever, and inventive, and among other things invented by him was the custom of winding silk [from the cocoon], and weaving silken textures. He had a son whom he named Ma-Chin, who was exceedingly wise. When the latter’s family became numerous, he said to his father that he would construct a place of abode for himself, and he founded the city of Ma-Chin. He acquired the jade stone, and discovered its properties and virtues, and made it known to his people, and he also took musk from the musk-deer. Khurz, son of Yafis, was very mild, tractable, and taciturn, and, having roamed about in all directions, at length fixed his residence by the bank of the river Atil — اتل. In the summer season he dwelt [with his family] in the open country, and, in winter, in a town [شهر] — a fixed habitation, probably.