[The name of the border town between Sind and Hind appears in
many forms. Istakhrí has Amhal, Fámhal, and Kámhal; the
Askálu-l Bilád has Fámhal in the text, but Kámhal in the map.
Gildemeister's Ibn Haukal has Kámuhul. Idrísí has Mámhal;
Abú-l Fída has Kámhal, but a note states that a MS. of Ibn Haukal
gives the name as Fámhal. The Marásidu-l Ittilá' has both Kámhal
and Mámhal, giving Biládurí as authority for the latter. Careless
writing and the omission of sometimes of one, sometimes of two
points, will account for the various readings of Fámhal, Kámhal,
and Mámhal, and taking this view of the question, Kámhal would
appear to be the best reading. Looking, however, at its reported
position, at two-thirds of the distance between Mansúra and Kam-