425 A. KAZEM-BEG, 
the account of Teberi,. which will serve the reader. as an illustration to: the narratives :of 
the Derbend -nâmeh. 
(After the fall of the house of Beni-Muhleb (see Part LIL. rem. 11.) which happened in 
the beoinning of the reign of Yezid the son of Abdul-Melik, the Khalif bestowed the domi- 
nion of Basra, Küfeh and Khuräsän on Muslimeh, his brother; the dominion of Maveraun- 
nahr he gave to the care of Sa’id the son of Amr yet «pas *. AL that time Sa’id passed over 
the river Balkh and arrived at Bukhdrä; and after this Djerräh directed his way through 4r- 
menia Ÿ in order to go to war against the infidels of the Khazars. » ° 
«They being informed of the arrival of Djerrah in Armenia took to flight. Djerraäh followed 
them; he came to Æédbar Ds and thence to Babul-abw4b where he could'not find them; he 
then proceeded to Ole Nehrevän® where he met the son of the Khagkan at the head of 
40,000 brave warriors. After many battles the Musulmans subdued the infidels and made peace 
with them. Djerräh then passed to Bulkhar and took possession of it. The king of Bulkhar, 
having lost his ‘kingdom, fled for refuge to Samarkand; but afterwards was again restored. 
About this time there came information of Yezid’s death. » 
«Djerräh received a letter from Æisham, in which be encouraged him to continue the 
war with the infidels, (it was some years after the first expedilion, namely 111— 112 of the 
Hijret, when Djerräh was made viceroy of Aderbidjän, of which nothing is said in my MS. of 
Teberi.) therefore he passed to Bed’a € (Berd’a E ?), then to UE Verghan (this must 
not be mistaken for al, Ferghaneh.) and then to Je] . The sovereign of the Khazars so- 
licited the aid of the Emperor of China (Mir-khond says, that the king of Khoë and Selmés, 
being aware of the expedition of Djerrâh, sent ambassadors to the Khagkan and to the nobility 
of the Zurks to ask for aïd.), who dispatched an, army of three hundred thousand men to 
Vergkan. The two armies met; but the number of Musulmans being far less in comparison, 
they were totally defeated, and’ Djerrâh with the Prince Merdan-shäh AFHE + who had just 
& Most of the European Orientalists read this name Amru, but it is contrary to the orthoepy of the 
East. Thé mistake arises from the orthography of the word 9€ in which the figure _£ in case of wantingits 
respective vowel-signs, receives a redundant » merely to distinguish it from Omar. Therefore the figure _y£ 
without an additional 9 is-always read Omar, and with a 9 4mr, but when, it has its respective vowel:signs 
,-9 60 à 
the 9 is never added, thus _ye£ Omar and € 4mr. 
bIn the MS. itis ul which. I read DJ l, it may, be read also! Cu y) i,, €. from or: over. the 
river Aras. \ } 7 S fi .elnid otst ù dd 
€ I cannot make out what place is meant by: this name. Tchelebi,calls it Nahrivân, near which he says 
took place la.brilliant battle between Djerräh and the Khaghan of the Turks, in 104; but neither, he nor any 
other historian points out the situation of the spot. From the: words of Teberi I understand that it must 
have been situated beyond! Derbend, ‘since he ‘says ? Djerräh went from Babul-abwab”to INalirevan; then he 
passed to the fortress of Hasin Eu then!1o  Ferghi En “and thencé to Bulkher: (See this Part; rem. 41&/18:) 
