488 AK AZ EM-BEG, - 
it is called there, Æ4ghir-kana or Agra- Khan, which Klaproth, takes for the! middle branch 
of the, Gkoï-sou. In fact Agra-khan is now the name of a piece of land which forms a cape by 
the winding of the southern branch, or Soulagh, Both these naméf,are not mentioned in ce 
MS. or in the version of St. Petersburg. » 
| Klaproth, in his'translation at this part of the Derbend-némeh gives us an idea of the 
existence ôf a fortress by the name of Vérin-kala which was, as he supposed, probably situated 
on the Ghoisou towards the Kiptchäk &c. but this ïs an error, into which he might easily fall, by his 
not knowing the meaning of the word, which he takes for a proper name. The-same error he 
repeats more than once in ôther parts, in the course of his translation (read rem. 25 to PartIV.) 
Narin kala always means the citadél of’a city, or ‘the more for tified part of a town, or even 
of. a. fortress.  The_true ‘etymology of the word is unknown to me. Some of the modern writers 
spell it ans ét which sionifies the orange fortress}, indicating, probably the resemblance of the 
fortified part of à town, which is generally of a circular shape, to the figure of an orange. 
But the orthography is mostly als cb which may be composed of the ancient Persian Marin 
ï. e. neat, elegant, and beautiful, and of the Arabic Gkal'a fortress, both which together may signify 
an, elegant or beautiful fortified place. — The text of the St. Petersburg version which, I think, 
agrées with the Berlin one very closely; may lead every one, who is unacquainted with the adopted | 
signification of the word a2lé ob , into -the.same error. It is there. saïd oEUS sb üLpl 
> (orsle) ousile Gilets él dl m aal5 pb... 6) Guise] «The river of Ihran (Z4- 
ran -tchai) flows through Gulbakh ,....its Varin-Gkala is (situated) on the Gkiptchakian (or 
northern) side of that river». — This citadel of Gulbakh was afterwards called Gküioun- kend 
or Gkoï- kends, and Gulbakk itself became known by the name of Anderay:. 
Reinark 31. page 462 line 3 and 17. dige CS ob 
Tow lezshi-si, or the Lezghies of the mountains. By this name, corrupted, from ëb 
cs 59 are called, to this day, the inhabitants of the most mountainous parts of Lezghistän, 
äs for instance: Gkoi-sou bouls; Avärs; Khidats; ‘Ikhels; Agküshians, &c. — The words 
L and ace ] we do not find im the MSS. of Berlin and St. Petersburg. 
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Gel to flow,. to run Gran The same word we find in the MS. . Petersburg, in the description of 
Gkoi-sou; it is there a los in LS9° KG] sde) y e] y xs. LEE LK le ob « Thran-tchai flows 
through Gulbakh; now it is called! Gkoi- sou.» 1 suspect that Klaproth has mes the &l of the MS. 
‘of Berlin, most probably used in the same sense, as we have explained, for a proper name with the, addition 
of another word likewise unknown to him. | 
$ It is unknown to us, for what reason the river, the citadel, and perhaps some other places 
of these quarters, were called by this name. If we believe that the Greeks were called Ægeans and their 
