Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Vol. I, Part I: History of Gujarat c19.23
Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Vol. I, Part I: History of Gujarát c19.23
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² Elliot's History of India, 394, where Sir Henry Elliot calculates a *farsakh* or *farsang* (Arabic *farsakh*) to be 3½ miles. Al Bírúni, however, counts four *kroh* or miles to a *farsakh*. Sachau's Al Bírúni Arabic Text, chapter 18 page 97.