576 4 RAZEM-BEG, 
Beni-Umeiyeh, was established in the family of Abbas, the sons of Hashim 4 manifested much 
favour_ in behalf of Derbend ‘and repaired and improved all the city. They made many wars 
with the Khawaridjs* and with the infidels,of Khazaria. The religion of Islam gained, strength, 
änd the Khawaridjs and infidels became mean and contemptible». (ï. e. were wholly subdued 
and punish ed). — 
Remark 2. page 570. 
re to Teberi, Saffäh reigned %# years 8 months and 2 07 PART to Benakiti, 
& years and 8 months and according to the author of Djamiu-l-letdif, his reign was # years 
and 9 months. The difference is but triflmg. 
Remark 3. page 570. 
The epoch here given in our MS. is the truest: for, indeed in the year 136 4bi- Dja far 
the brother of Saffäh inherited the throne of the Kbalifate. In the MSS. of St. Petersburg and 
Berlin, as far as we can judge of this last by Klaproth’s extrait, we find the year 146; but 
this must be a mistake. Though both these versions, without any hint regarding the death of 
Saffäh and the elevation of Abu -Dja’far to the throne, ascribe to that year 146. a notable m- 
cursion made by the Khazars; nevertheless the mistake is obvious; because, by the assertion of 
all three MSS., Fezid the governor of Derbend was recalled by Abu-Dja’far after this event, 
and the narrative in the MS. of St. Petersburg distinctly says, that Yezid was recalled by the 
Khalif soon after his elevation to the throne. In fact, we find similar mistakes relating to the epochs 
of different events in almost every MS. — for example, in a MS. of Mir-khond, in my posses- 
sion, the epoch of Safäh's death and Abü-Dja’fars elevation, is said to have been &Les usb 
i e. 180. Such mistakes must rather be attributed to the carelessness of the copyists, who, 
being sometimes misled by false surmises, change the date asserted by the author. It is not 
far from probable that the reason of the mistake which we meet with in the MSS. of St. Pe- 
tersburg and Berlin, may be the confusion arising from Mensûr's removing his throne from 
Anbér to Bagdad, which took place in 146. 
Remark 4. page 570. 
This must be à detail of the short hints which we read in Klaproth'’s Lure ps in 
the MS. of St: Petersburg. — There is nothing said im either of these two, about Yezid’s being 
sent as governor of Derbehdl h, Abü-Djafar. — Probably he was the son of the same AS 
who was appointed to the same office by Hishäm, as our readers might understand from Rem, 1. 
to Part VI. of this work. 
d Perhaps the Beni- 4bbäs are called here Beni- Hashim from Abba’s having belonged to the same family. 
* To this we have referred the reader iu the quotation from Teberi, and we do not find it in any other 
version of the Derbend - nameh. 
