تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.56.4
English (machine translation) 13.56.4
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13.56.4
One of them is Dawlat Ābād, reserved for the residence of the Sultan and his troops; the second part is called al-Katka — with a after both k's and the dotted t between them; and the third part is its citadel, which has no equal or match in impregnability, called al-Duwayqīr — with u after the undotted d, a after the w, y without a vowel, a hard q with i, a long ī and r. In this city lives the Great Khān Quṭlū Khān, the Sultan's tutor; he is its amīr and the Sultan's deputy there and over the land of Ṣāghar, the land of Tilink and their dependencies. Its province extends three months' journey, all of it populated and under his rule and that of his deputies.
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- تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار — Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Arabic