476 St hé. dl AZ EN «BE, 
« Anushirvâän, among: many other cities, built one which belongs to the seven towns (just re- 
ferred to) and he named it bih-az-andeevi-khusrou. The same city was called Aémietul-me- 
dâyen. The signification of Bih-az-ardeev is: better than Antioch.» 
From these lines.we may_.understand, that Anushirvän, after having embellished the me- 
tropolis of his fathers, gave it the above mentioned name, in order to mark its superiority over 
the famous Antioch of Seleucus Nicator, which clarmed the Fe celebrity in the east both 
before and at his time. 
This Metropolis of the Sasanian kings, claims to this day the attention of the curious, by 
the relics of the palace of Anushirvän. The following words from cols) D 5 will not be 
ei in this place: Ds pal) ms U #) Los il JE bis FAER ac JS do Je 2 we! Ji 
Jb Ueob Je Leslils ol}, AÈ L5,Y, älil, hall 7. Ji &'i.e. Almedéyenjs an an- 
cient city of the time of ignorance (the antimuhammedan ages); in it there are terrible ruins, 
among which maÿ be seen the palace of Kisré, known in proverbs for it's grandeur, sublimity, 
height and firmness. Its climate (province) is called the land of Babel.» 
Katib-tchelibi says of this famous building: I ps! y O2 anal Ale Syuf QI #ls 
le Alix el das, 515 Ci 3 PUY sus és db à 351 
« The palace mn . is one of the most wondeïful buïldings: its width is 36 steps; its AR 
7% steps, and its height 70 cubits. The height of its pinnacles was 150 cubits,» — This mea- 
surement is the same as that given by. Major Keppel, excepting as regards the heïght of the 
pinnacles; which are, now broken down; but that worthy gentleman's words: « Tradition 
asserts that the palace, when entire, was double its present height», favours the description of 
Tchelebi. — : see Personal Narrative of travels in Babylon, Assyria &c. by Major, the Hon. 
George Keppel. London 1827. V.I. p: 132 —140. 
b. In neither of the two other versions of Derbend-nâmebh is there any mention of this city, 
or of Gkubâd's personal expedition with his son to Derbend. Klaproth’s translation says, that 
Kubad returned to Adzerbaïdjän and Irak, The version of St. Petersburg says nothing even of 
his return: “here we find el bee on L re af 9) RIEE ao J 3) pese Ale oLiLs 
ol which ratlrer should be read: pla a) Lys prés Les AI oéols j à 
«Gkubäd-shah, in consequence ‘of the two walls being strong el tranquil , thioking that 
from the Khagkan there could happen no evil to his Lines oi, » tue oi bat bas 
2 Remark 13. page 460 line 8 and 25, 
“There is à mistake hére in our MS. It must either be g) CES 63, or edf ts e 
360, as it”stands in the versions of Berlin and St. Petersburg. The same number we find m 
the description of Derbend or Zhe mountain of Triumph, by Herimi-dedeh ; who says that, 
«after Alexander, it was Anüshirvâän who mvyaded the mountain, fortified it, renewed its walls 
and buildings and filled them with troops, and erected 360 buildings (or. fortifications) in its 
strong passages. » Read Extract VIT. added to this work. 
