ABSTRACT
This name is not found on the ancient map. It appears only in the list of the Si pei ti as a city belonging to Abu Said’s empire, or Persia, without further notice. Ba-mou may be intended for Bamian, a district and important fortress in the Hindukush, taken and destroyed by Chinghiz in 1221. A place of this name still exists, and was visited by Burnes in 1832, and some years ago by Russian travellers.
