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«gions of Arabia to make war on the Khazarian tribes, therefore you also must afford 
«me your aid». — At this time, one named Sabds °, the principal chief of the Lezghies, 
secretly sent information to’ the royal prince Pasheh7 stating: «Djerrah, with an army 
«of six thousand men of his own, and with the armies of these quarters, is coming 
«against you». Djerrah on being informed of this (immediately) ordered provisions to be 
prepared for three days, and during the same night® crossed the Rubäs by the light 
of torches, entered through the (southern) gates of Derbend, went out through the gates 
of Ghirkhler and encamped in the gardens-of Æ4vdin *. From thence he dispatched two 
thousand horsemen into Gkara-Gkaitagh ‘°, and two (thousand) to Yersi'!, Ducek'?, 
Zeil *5, Dervägk *, Humeidi , :and Keroukh ‘, commanding them to devastate!: (these 
districts) with slaughter and pillage and to return back on the following morning: be- 
fore sunrise. Accordingly, these four thousand horsemen made an inroad the-same night 
on the: villages of Gkara-Gkaitàägh and Tabasaran, and.at sunrise on the following .morn- 
ing returned, taking with them twelve thousand heads of cattle and sheep, two: thou- 
sand fémans (i. e.:twenty thousand. pieces) of gold and'silver and seven hundredcaptives 
from. Ghara -Gkaitägh; forty. thousand .horses, cattle and: sheep, a great quantity of ready 
money and ammunition, with. two: thousand :captives from the districts: of, Tabasaran: 
Djerrah distributed all, this booty amongst his soldiers ‘7, The Prince-royal, Pasheh, on 
