490 A KAZEM-BEG, 
colony, emigrated to that quarter from. Europe. We refer the curious, to, consult, on this sub- 
ject, the very learned dissertation written upon ît by our ïllustrious Academician Dr, Fraehn 
(see Bulletin Scientifique of the Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg, for 18381". [V. N° 3 and &. 
Remark 33. page 462 line 21. Ole sb 
The same assertion we find in Mesalik, whose author says, that the kings of Persia appointed 
a people to guard Derbend, and called them Teberseran Chile Ce J) er oubli, 
JShs Ole bl s oi] af Jil of pas ei ue) see SUUJ EUL.. under OI hs at J S5 
for the word J)?. — 
It is now a part of Daghistan, situated betwéen the province of Derbend, Gkara-Gkaitagh, 
Gkazi-gkümügk and Æuüreh, containing about 32 square miles. This country, so famous once 
for its population * is now divided into two principal parts: The lower and the upper. The 
first is now wholly m subjection to Russia; whereas the second, consisting of many towns and 
large villiges still retains its independence. Tabaseran was ruled by two chiefs, Ma’säms and 
Gkadies (See part V. rem, 13). The greater part of the lower country is now governed by à 
prince named Jbrahim-bez of Gkarchagh, who is in the Russian service; a few villages are 
under the management of the Gkadi /54-bek, and the rest belongs to different noblemen. All 
these parts of the lower Tabaseran consist of 51 villages, containing, according to, the last re- 
vision, about 2000 families, or households. Besides these, there are 9 villages, containing 1200 
households, which in the last century formed a part 6f Tabasaran, but now belong to the pro- 
vince of Derbend. (OGosp#nie Pocc. B1a4. sa Kaskasoms; T. 1V.) 
& The names of the different parts of Daghistän, taken in their extended signification, lave, in general 
conversation, been always conjoined with numeral adjectives, qualifying their supposed statistical, character. 
The word CL for example, is generally accompanied by the expression ae GLS forty thousand; that 
of SU by CHER thirty thousaud, and that of tre by Ébe jy a hundred thousand, This same style 
of expression we find-even in the preseut day, in the political correspondence held between the Princes of 
those countries. The same adjectives we also find in a letter addressed from Bâdai-Shamkhal of Paghistäu 
to the oevoda, or governor of Astrachan during the reign of Alexis (in the second half of the XVII cen- 
tury) which I have in my possession. It begins Ets Jp) CIS 1 A du les 9025 y5 Vie 
LAS ae Qeb UEST El, 3e JL) > Je A olusls Jos élues slues 
ds A AU » él Lo L >L,1) i. e. From the illustrious, the great, the Majestic ruler of 40,000 
Tabasaran, 30,000 Khaidagh, 100,000 Gkûmugh, even of all Daghistän, his highness, the prosperous Sham- 
khâl — to the Prince (chief) of Astrachan, the chosen one of great kings &c. — At present ddys these num- 
bers cannot be attributed but to the inhabitants of the male sex, though the natives pretend them to mean 
the families or houses, and though the same idea is favoured by Katib-Tchelebi, who says, that Tabasa- 
rân contains 40,000 households. (see his L Us p- 403.) 
