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part_n of_o it_o candahar_n be_v one_o of_o they_o though_o the_o chief_a town_n of_o it_o belong_v at_o present_a to_o the_o king_n of_o persia_n who_o take_v it_o from_o cha-gehan_n contrary_a to_o the_o will_n of_o his_o grandmother_n which_o cost_v she_o her_o life_n it_o be_v say_v that_o that_o lady_n get_v money_n from_o the_o great_a mogul_n to_o hinder_v the_o siege_n of_o this_o town_n her_o grandson_n be_v ready_a to_o march_v she_o make_v he_o a_o thousand_o entreaty_n to_o divert_v he_o from_o the_o expedition_n and_o find_v that_o she_o can_v gain_v nothing_o of_o he_o by_o fair_a mean_n she_o fall_v into_o a_o passion_n and_o upbraid_v he_o that_o he_o be_v go_v to_o squander_v away_o the_o estate_n of_o orphan_n this_o discourse_n so_o offend_v the_o king_n that_o have_v ask_v she_o if_o that_o estate_n belong_v to_o any_o but_o to_o he_o grandmother_n the_o king_n of_o persia_n kill_v his_o grandmother_n he_o cut_v she_o over_o the_o head_n with_o a_o axe_n that_o he_o hold_v in_o his_o hand_n of_o which_o she_o die_v this_o province_n have_v to_o the_o north_n the_o country_n of_o balc_n whereof_o a_o usbec_n prince_n be_v sovereign_a to_o the_o east_n it_o have_v the_o province_n of_o caboul_n to_o the_o south_n that_o of_o bucor_fw-mi candahar_n the_o bound_n of_o candahar_n which_o belong_v to_o multan_n and_o part_n of_o sigestan_n which_o be_v of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o persia_n and_o to_o the_o west_n other_o country_n of_o the_o king_n of_o persia_n the_o province_n be_v very_o moutainous_a and_o candahar_n its_o chief_a town_n lie_v in_o the_o twenty_o three_o degree_n of_o latitude_n though_o some_o traveller_n have_v place_v it_o in_o the_o four_o and_o thirty_o that_o country_n produce_v abundant_o all_o sort_n of_o provision_n that_o be_v necessary_a for_o the_o subsistence_n of_o its_o