Derbend-nâmeh or the History of Derbend. 509 
Du reste, les Khdszari faisaient tous les ans des irruptions dans l'Irak et l’Adzerbaïdjän, 
qu'ils livraient au meurtre et au pillage, parceque le Chirvän Ulayi et le Gandjah 4 
n'étaient pas alors assez fortifiés pour leur résister. Les Khaszari envoyèrent une seconde 
armée contre Mouslem; mais elle fut repoussée; il mit dans Derbend une garnison de 
braves guerriers, puis retourna en Syrie. 
Sous le règne du Khalife Soliman, fils d’Abd-oul-melik, successeur de Velid, les 
Arabes furent contraints d'évacuer Derbend et ne purent s’y maintenir contre les infidèles, 
qui emportèrent cette ville et envahirent l'Arménie et l'Adzerbaidjän. 4bd-oul-alla Bahty, 
qui était alors gouverneur de l'Arménie, soutint de fréquens combats contre eux. — 
(Nouveau Journal Asiatique, Tome IT, p. #51 — 453.) 
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REMARKS AND ILLUSTRATIONS 
TO 
PART THE THIRD. 
Remark 1. page 504. 
This part of our authors work contains some delaïls concerning the expedition of Muslimeh 
to Derbend, by order of his brother Velid. 
In Teberi, and in the great work of Mir-khond, which I possess, we may find some in- 
formation concerning this and other expeditions sent 1o Aderbijän and against the Khazars by 
the Khalifs of Beni- Umayieh, part of which I shall take care to bring before my readers in 
the appendix to this work; but, to my great disappointment, [I have not in my possession the 
second volume of Ibnu-l-aasam, which, no doubt, would contribute a great deal to the good 
result of our researches. In the work of Benäkiti we find a description of the expedition made 
by the order of Omar the son of Æbdu-l- Aziz against the Kiptchakians, or the Khazars, who 
had made irruptions into Aderbidjan about the very beginning of the 24 century of the Hidjret 
or about five years later than the date here meant by our author (see remark 2.). The leader 
of that expedition, says Benakiti, was Æatemi- Rabr'i U9 pb. — In the chronological tables 
r# of Hajee-Khalifah, or Katib-tchelebi, we find two statements, which directly refer to 
the different expeditions of this same Muslimeh; they are 1) alu Cu gl pr œb Ë « The 
conquest of Derbend (Babul-abwäb) by Muslimeh», which, according to the above tables, 
took place in the year 95 of the Hijret; and 2) I, © JF» doluse ÿlee J> ou 425 «the 
battle of Tin between Muslimeh and the Khazars at Babul-abwab», which occurred in the 
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