- H. C.] Their Country Lay To The South Of The Great Salt Lake East Of Shiraz, And Included Niriz And Darabjird, Fassa, Forg, And Tarum.

Their capital was I/g or I/j, called also Irej, about 20 miles north-west of Darab, with a great mountain fortress; it was taken by Hulaku in 1259.

The son of the prince was continued in nominal authority, with Mongol administrators. In consequence of a rebellion in 1311 the Dynasty seems to have been extinguished. A descendant attempted to revive their authority about the middle of the same century. The latest historical mention of the name that I have found is in Abdurrazzak's History of Shah Rukh, under the year H. 807 (1404). (See Jour. As. 3d. s. vol. ii. 355.) But a note by Colonel Pelly informs me that the name Shabankara is still applied (1) to the district round the towns of Runiz and Gauristan near Bandar Abbas; (2) to a village near Maiman, in the old country of the tribe; (3) to a tribe and district of Dashtistan, 38 farsakhs west of Shiraz.

With reference to the form in the text, Soncara, I may notice that in two passages of the Masalak-ul-Absar, translated by Quatremere, the name occurs as Shankarah. (Q. R. pp. 380, 440 seqq.; N. et E. XIII.; Ilch. I. 71 and passim; Ouseley's Travels, II. 158 seqq.)

VIII. TUN-O-KAIN, the eastern Kuhistan or Hill country of Persia, of which Tun and Kain are chief cities.

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