Upper Sind
is often called in India by the Sepoys Rori-Bakkar, from two adjoining
places on the Indus; whilst in former days, Lower Sind was often called
Diul-Sind. Karra-Manikpur, Uch-Multan, Kunduz-Baghlan are other
examples.
The exact expression Tun-o-Kain for the province here in question is
used by Baber, and evidently also by some of Hammer's authorities.
(Baber, pp. 201, 204; see Ilch. II. 190; I. 95, 104, and Hist. de
l'Ordre des Assassins, p. 245.)
[We learn from (Sir) C. Macgregor's (1875) Journey through Khorasan (I.
p. 127) that the same territory including Ghain or Kain is now called by
the analogous name of Tabas-o-Tun. Tun and Kain (Ghain) are both described
in their modern state, by Macgregor. (Ibid. pp. 147 and 161.) - H. C.]
Note that the identification of Suolstan is due to Quatremere (see N.
et E. XIII. i. circa p. 332); that of Soncara to Defremery (J. As.
ser. IV. tom. xi. p. 441); and that of Tunocain to Malte-Brun. (N. Ann.
des V. xviii. p. 261.) I may add that the Lurs, the Shuls, and the
Shabankaras are the subjects of three successive sections in the
Masalak-al-Absar of Shihabuddin Dimishki, a work which reflects much of
Polo's geography. (See N. et E. XIII.
