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Khägkäân-shah and the Khazarians from having it in their power to conquer Derbend 
for the Khâgkän had already taken Ihrin and Gulbäkh from the Serdar (or commander 
in chief) of Anüshirvän and was in possession of them 
Thran-tchaï is a great river which is now called Ghoi- -sou *°. The.governor appoint- 
ed by-the Khägkän resided at Thran, which is now a district of Avaristän (see rem. 18. 
to Part L) This city was inhabited by a people called Lugkan, who are now known by 
the namé of Taw-lezghi-si %’: they were removed thither from Khurdsän. In the neigh- 
bourhood, {i. e.) in the country of Gkaitägh and farther up, he established the people 
named Zerchgherän, now called Kubethi **, and gave them a governor. He also brought 
a vast multitude from Käshan and Ghildn and established them above Derbend in the 
country of Tabaseràn %, as far as the mountain of Gkémügk *; in order also to increase 
the population, hé rémoved a part of his own tribe and spréad thém in Mashcour 
Küreh®s, and Miskinjeh 5, He appointed for all of thém governors, out of his own, fa- 
wily, and strictly ordered them to defend the boundariés of his dominion. 
As long as Anüshirvän occupied the throne of the kingdom, the Khägkän and the 
people of Khazar could ‘not conquer Derbend: ÿet in the fortresses and the frontier 
tôwns Iying in the north, hostilities with the Khazar tribes continued. But no sooner 
had Anûshirvan departed in this world than the Khazar tribes carried their invasions 
béyond the frontiers, took possession of Derbend, passed from théncé to Aderbijan and 
