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own assertions. For instance, it is there saïd, that the number of troops led by Djerräh, amount- 
ed to twelve thousand brave warriors, whereas a little before it is said, in all the three copies, 
that Djerräh had in this expedition only 6000 men, and there is no mention made any where 
of that numbers being augmented by any other succour. In our MS. there ïs no repetition of 
the number 6000 once mentioned, as we find it in Klaproth’s translations. — Moreover, in 
our copy it is said that the warriors crossed over the Aubds, on the other side of which they 
had encamped ; we do not find this in any of the other versions. 
Remark 9. page 518. 
1) In our MS. Lys) ol JE) CPE o> pl Es y OU Ji ol, SL 5». In 
that of the Imperial Library of St. Petersburg Jbux due er) Ds Jui 95 D CIS E) 
&c. «They came to Derbend, and having passed through the gates of Zchoubin, reached Æ4bi-'ain.» 
Klaproth’s translation being in this place manifestly erroneous, Î cannot form a true idea of 
the text of the original Berlin MS. — He says: «la porte de 7choubin fut brisée, et ïl arriva 
jusqu'aux eaux du Zchekhoub;» the mistake must be in this last word & 3? which is a Past 
Participle or a gerund of the verb > 10 go out, and which in the northern Aderbijân 1s 
pronounced Zchickhoub or Tchikhib, and which Klaproth has mistaken for a proper name. — 
Although we have not in our MS. the word U3> which we find both in Klaproth’s trans- 
lation and in the MS. of St. Petersburg, nevertheless its account is more satisfactory, only ex- 
cepting the vague mention of the gates through which Djerräh entered Derbend, and which 
süggests the omission .of a word, (most probably Y#32) before Uk 05e >. In order to avoid 
this defect, I put in my translation the word southern in parenthesis, which will answer per- 
fectly to the direction which Djerräh might have chosen, after having crossed the Rubâs, in 
order to enter Derbend. Besides, our MS. says, that Djerrâäh passed Derbend through the gates 
named Gkirkhlar, ï. e. through the middle gates in the northern wall of Derbend, near the 
sepulchre of the saints (see Part Il. Rem. 11), from which these gates have taken the name. 
2) The gardens of Æ4vain are situated to the north of Derbend. The word Æ4vain is a cor- 
ruption of the Persian [#£ ®) Abi-'ain, (as.we find it unchanged in the St. Petersburg MS.) 
which means pure water, or a spring. It is the name.of a set of springs, famous for their pure 
and healthy water — about two English miles to the north, or rather north-west of Derbend. 
The gardens, that take their name from these springs, are situated on the east side of the 
rocks from which the springs have their rise. 
. Remark 10. page 518. 
-1) In the other copies we read Gkaitagk, which makes no difference whatever. (see rem. 31. 
to Part I.) — 2) In the MS.: of St. Petérsburg the number of warriors (2000) is erroneously 
augmented to 12 thousand: — 3) Klaproth’s translation says, that Djerräh ordered the capture 
of a certain Tchakandjt Aghouki chaghin Jet QSEl Gb and all his goods to be taken 
possession of, becausé he was an eniemy, as powerful as the son of the Khaghan! In our MS. 
there ïs no such thing: and from what we find in the MS. of St. Petersburg we doubt the 
