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a note of PARKER saying that « the country of Dogana is quite certain to be the Chinese T'u-ho-lo
or Tokhara »; this has been accepted by HERRMANN, both in the article « Tokharoi » of PAULY-
WISSOWA and in Das Land der Seide, 144. But I agree with PENZER (Pe, XXXIX-XL) that « the
interpretation given by PARKER [and by HERRMANN] with such assurance is quite unacceptable ».
In his turn, PENZER suggests Persian dogāna, « double », on the assumption that it was a « double
district », embrassing two main cities or two rivers. « Dogana » is entered on LENTZ's map in
ZDMG, Vol. 86 [1932], 7, as the name of the whole valley between Balkh and Tāliqān. Yet this
elusive name has disappeared from RR, 55, and B¹, 55, and I had come to the conclusion that
BENEDETTO had been right in substituting « Taican » before he gave for the first time in JRAS,
1939, 643, his reasons for doing so. The whole context, as well as geographical conditions, are
against the existence of a country of Dogaua or « Dogana » twelve days east of Balkh. It will be
noticed too that the word occurs in very few, if good, manuscripts; that there is no description
of Dogava; and that the same twelve days' journey that leads to it leads also to Taican. In my
opinion, there can hardly be any doubt that « Dogaua » is an idolum libri, which is probably due,
in agreement with BENEDETTO's surmise, to a corruption of an original « detaicà » = « de Taican ».

211. DOMAS

damasco R domas F

Damascus (دمشق, Dimišq and Dimašq). There is no need to correct « Domas » to the usual
French form « Damas » (which is the only one used by Hethum), as « Domas » and « Doumas »
occur also in the Gestes des Chiprois (Hist. des Crois., Arm., II, 654, 841). Cf. also « Dommasco »
and the sugar « donmaschino » (read « dommaschino ») in Pegolotti, 77, 362; « domaschino » in
Uzzano, 191.
For the representative in Syria of the Old Man of the Mountain, cf. Y, I, 145.
The name of Damascus is written « Dimiški » (or « Dimišgi ») in the Mongol letter sent by
Arγun to Philip the Fair in 1289; it is « Dimišgi » which is transcribed 的 迷 失 吉 Ti-mi-shih-chi
in the Chinese map of circa 1330; a Ming document is said to write only Ti-mi-shih (cf. Br, II, 136).

212. DRY (LONE) TREE

Dry Tree
albero seccho TA¹, TA³ arbor sica L, Z arbre sec FA, FB
albero secho TA³ arbor sicca L, LT, P, Z arbre seche F
albor (arbor) secco R arbor sicus Z durr boum G
alboro secho V, VA, VB arboro siche VL