552 A KAZEM-BEG, 
tract VI: Jar y Jah sl 54 — The mistake which must, necessarily, exist in the text 
of Teberi in my possession, confuses the sense and deprives us of all means of reading the 
names of two other parts, which are necessary to complete the number four. 
These names of people and streets, are at present entirely out of use. Every Mosque is now 
distinguished by the name of the street to which ït belongs, except the great and very ancient 
Mosque which bears the name of Le JämŸ, or the cathedral, and of which our author makes 
mention in this place; read the following remark. 
Remark #. page 544. eb 
1) This word means a collector, uniter, from #+ to collect. À cathedral is called Jami; be- 
cause all the members of other churches of the town come together every Friday or every ho- 
liday to perform their prayers in a public assembly under the administration of the /mam. The 
jamr of Derbend exists till now. — I shall give a short account of this eminent edifice, as far as 
[ can remember it. — This wonderfully preserved Mosque. is built of stone and brick; its foun- 
dations, walls and 80 pilasters which supported the vaults, are all of polished stone, but its 
arches, vaults and two cupolas are all of brick. The interior of this Mosque is divided in its 
length, which is from east to west, into three compartments and adorned with four rows of 
pilasters and half pilasters, 20 in each row being seen through the length of the building; of 
these the two outer rows, consisting of half pilasters, are fastened into the southern and nor- 
thern walls of the building. Of these compartments the middle one is the widest, being about 
17 yards wide, and the other two about 8 or 9; which, together with the spaces occupied by 
the bases of the pilasters, make about 40 yards and form the breadth of the whole interior. 
As to the length, it is something more than one hundred yards. — The northern wall has 
three gates symmetrically disposed in its different parts, the middle gate being the largest. 
This great building has no other entrance, and it receives the light through these gates and 
through some small windows, which are arranged in its walls, but more especially in the northern 
one and in the two cupolas. One of these cupolas rises in a circular form, from the midst of the 
whole building about 12 yards above the cornice, and is very well proportioned, when viewed from 
the inside. In the centre of the southern wall, just opposite to the middle gate is distinguished 
the Mihräb, or holy shrine 4 — A level of more than one hundred yards in length and breadth, 
on the northern side of the Mosque, forms a beautiful square which is surrounded on all sides 
by buildings belonging to the Mosque. To the west of the square, not very far from the corps 
of the Mosque, may be seen a fountain, running from under the buildings and whose stream 
crosses the whole space from west to east in a regular direction and after having filled three basins 
which are elegantly carved in stone disappears. After traversing the square, the running fountain 
empties itself into the reservoir of the great bath, which lies to the east of the Mosque, and 
d'Itis an arch, or a semicireular line, carved in the centre of that wall of the Mosqne which looks to- 
wards the Gkibleh. Opposite to this place stands the Imâm in the time of performing his prayers in public 
assemblies, turning his face towards it, and the assembly standing behind him in regular lines. 
