Note 399 — SECTION I. FARGHĀNA. (continued 2)
Annette Susannah Beveridge translation
The name Aītmāk, to build, appears to be due to the stone quarries on the range. The pass-head is 34 m. from Samarkand and 3000 ft. above it. See Kostenko ii, 115 and Schuyler ii, 61 for details of the route.