The other of these kingdoms goes from the river Phison (the Oxus), as far as Greater Armenia southward, and northward to the Caspian sea, and southward again to the city of Juda. And those countries are rich, and there is no want of anything in the world in them. And these are the three best cities therein, to wit, Nessabor (Nishapúr) and Safan (Ispahán), and Sarmanase.