Derbend-nâmeh or the History of Derbend. 557 
Almost everything, that demands profound and minute investigation with us, before we admit 
the ‘subject as proved, is by them precariously explained and resolutely brought to a seemingly 
satisfactory result. You will find in them a very systematic description of almost all stocks from 
which nations, tribes, dynasties and denominations come down to us, with many particulars 
which to this day characterize their existence. The description of the first emigrations of the 
sons of men; of the genealogy of all the dead and living nations, tribes, families and imdivi- 
duals, — which is unanrmously maintained by almost all the historians of the east — may le 
taken as a convincing proof of the truth of our observation. — Following the same system of 
explaratory philosophy, our author endeavours to investigale the derivation of every remark- 
able name and title that he meets with in the course of his narration. He explains to us the 
genealogy of the Shamkhals and Usmies, and further gives us that of the Ma’sooms and Gkadies 
of Tabasarän. #. 
Whatever may be the merits of his genealogical descriptions, the lower Tabasarân has in- 
deed, from ancient times, been ruled by two principal Princes, bearing the title of Gkady 
“nd Masoom. The dignity of Ma'soom terminated some years ago with the imprisonment of 
the last of the family who bore the title and who had acted treacherously against the Russian 
Government, The dignity of Gkadi, of which our author speaks more at large, is still pre- 
served in the person of /sa-beck (see Rem. 33. to Part [.). — 
Remark 1%. page 545. 
Here is wanting in our MS. what we read in Klaproth’s translation regarding the classi- 
fications into which the inhabitants of Tabasarân are subdivided; in this respect we find the 
following in the MS. of St. Petersburg: os) äLe P (25#lb) ol Al Ol Uluusbs 
CET] © 99 Je es op j> (2) pl Us S E9 « And Tabasarân consists of twelve societies 
(We do not find the number in Klaproth.): (from) Irak, Aderbïjän, Arabia, Hamas, Syria, Dja- 
zira, Mousul, Palastine, and other places. » 
Remark 15. page 545. 
+ Our author, as we have remarked above, brings down the lineage of the Shamkhals and 
Usmies from the two generals of the name of Shahbäl and Æmir- Hamzeh, who served under 
Muslimeh, and who were first appointed as Governors of Gkümügk and Gkara-Gkaitägh; but 
in our MS. it is stated more particularly, that the Usmy and the Shamkhal of the time of the 
author, descended_ from the same two persons. From the assertion of the VIIL Extract annexed 
to this work we understand, however, that both the Princes of Gkoumougk and Gkaitägk 
were of the posterity of Hamzeh by the lineage of Jbréhim-Ishägk m the following order: 1) Shäm- 
& In a quotation annexed to this work, see the Appendix, Extract the VIII , we find instead of Free 
two: retdiagts À 26 Mawstim a descendant of Hamzeh by the lineage of Sheikh - Ahmed; and f y Mahsüm. 
see. for: these names in the Iudex to this work. 
Mém. des sav. étrang. T. F1. 71 
