The Khazars and the Turks in the Ākām al-Marjān

146 v. MINORSKY-
~"AN ~ 4 >FT jE TURKS.
1. " These are extensive and
vast lands which, in the north,
adjoin the *Northern Sea, and,
in the east, the lands of the
"A OF THE TURKS.
Toghuzghuz.
2. " The Turks are courageous [Cf. under Khazar, point 7.]
and valiant and have a (fine)
aspect and (fine) bodies.
3. " They are the most skilful
of people in the. preparation
of felts, for the latter serve them
as garments.
4. " They have milk (in
plenty) and game is Gardizi, 84 : " In summer the
plentiful.
Kimik drink mare's milk . . .
they hunt sable-martens and
grey squirrels ..."
5. " Their country is very cold Gardizi, 84. " In the land [of
and snowy. They possess under- the Kimik] falls much snow.
ground dwellings (asrdb fi'l ard) They have underground tanks
which they enter to escape the (chiy-ha < chih-ha) made of
rigours of the cold. timber for the winter. When the
snowfall is heavy they drink that
water stored in the month of Tir,
for their horses cannot go through
the snow to the watering place."
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