Note 331 — Chapter XIX · Sultan Sanjar and the Kara-Khitāys
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Mīrkhwānd has in this place evidently followed Hafiz Abru (the author of the Zubdat-ut-Tawārīkh), who says that the first day of plunder was devoted to articles of gold, brass, and silver; the second to bronzes, carpets, and vases; and the third to whatever of value was left, such as cotton-stuffs, glass, wooden doors, and the like. Cf. Professor Shukovski’s Ruins of Old Merv, pp. 29, 30.