Kingdom of Rob
The Kingdom of Rob (Bactrian: , ) was a small kingdom in Central Asia, in southern Bactria. It corresponds to the modern Rui in the Province of Samangan, modern Afghanistan. Numerous documents in the Bactrian language in the Bactrian script (a variation of the Greek script dating back to the rule of the Greco-Bactrian kingdom in the area) have been found from the archives of the Kingdom of Rob. Terminology Although Frantz Grenet uses the phrase "Kingdom of Rob", Khodadad Rezakhani points out that Bactrian documents never refer to the ruler of Rob as a king ("", related to the word shah), instead always using the term , or "lord". Nicholas Sims-Williams uses the phrasing "khar of Rob" and also "kingdom of Rob". Geography The area controlled by Rob included Madr (or Malr), Kah (modern Kahmard), and the unidentified locations of Rizm and Gandar. During the 7th century CE, it also controlled Samingan (modern Haibak). Khodadad Rezakhani considered the area of Warnu to be too far away from Rob to realistically be under its control. The kingdom of Rob was bordered by the regions of Guzgan to the northwest and Kadagistan to the east. To the south was the major