534 A KAZEM-BEG, 
division &c.»y — Here follows a description of what was taken in plunder by the two chiefs who 
were sent to Gkaïitagh and Tabasaran, differing only very little from that of our MS 
Remark 20, page 519. 
The reader on comparing the translation of our text with that of Klaproth, will see, that 
in our MS. there is a more particular account given of this battle between the Musulmans and 
the Khazars; we shall here mtroduce the relation from the MS. of St. Petersburg which îs still 
more copious, and which, in some points, differs from ours: iv y» Mùl Al ©s,Ks> | o 
Day 56 ous also 5 (le) ose all GS os LL Lo less 5 
as! à 5) JT bull Joie aile LS L sblel Us (read 35235) 295 29 9 (EL) 
5 Dé li) ve db dl, Lol 2, 6e Lu 
6 ossubl ils die alle) ë (read euy) ya El (read thus: UT» 
subl ile des e Cle JLubl ile Dols Ji eve él (2 bus 35) Las Ces 
sy) ,balb) il sole Eos pes 50e 5 jolies (read 2%) Ge) ü> pK 
sf ol) pi a PE )el exil» Élu 3 J,1t 0 Ji] ne Les » ot] éb,,L le 
£l Ole Sn be aKel a, Gu co 095 aile à © bli,L ls Lo ol PE 
(it is a corruption of 55! ;») 9 lp > ol >L 5 (? OH) vuriL VIS Lo! JEL 
Hub Ds ss h) MS, il dl 3 ou JS Gil) Ji PP ET Ér. 
bols LU 7 US) Sy ls JS 5,5 ass L> 5 st ne AE ous» 1 be 
5» abl SOL | (25 ) eds as » UHR sl ob LUE a5s Lee Cle obs,LsE 
Elo se (a ) als agl «y able él 
i. e. «The drums were beat, and the two armies arranged their lines opposite each other. The 
exclamation of Tekbir (or cry of Æ4lahu-akber ï. e. God is great! see Rem. 8. Part IL.) reached 
heaven from the side of the Musulmans. They attacked the infidels who were overwhelmed with 
fright. Yet willing or unwillmg, Er fought. The battle continued till D The Musul- 
mans made their wills to each other *, washed their hands over the life ? of this fadwg world 
k Every Musulman’s duty, by. the law of the Koran is, -that before his death, while capable of judging 
and understanding, he make his will and admonish his family and friends, recommanding them to do good 
and to avoid evil. The inhabitants of a town, or the members of a society or of a community, in the time of 
great and general misfortune, when their lives are in danger, make also their wills 10 one another and recom- 
mend to each other their wives and children &c., especially before a hot batile. Many examples of this we 
find in the descriptions of the expeditions of the Musulman armies in the times of the first four Khalifs. 
{ The Hebrews washed their hands to testify their innocence, (see Deut. XXI — 6. Ps. 26—6. Math. XX VII—24.) 
