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(PART IX.) 
An account of the (Rhalifs) bestowing the springs of 
Naphtha and Salt 
on the warriors of Derbend. 
In the year 272, the Khalif of Bagdad” issued a mandate to the inhabitants of 
Derbend, bestowing upon them the revenue of the springs of Naphtha ? and of the Salt- 
pits in the province of Bdkü. Muhammed, the son of Æmmér, was appointed superin- 
tendant of the salt-pits and naphtha-springs, whose yearly income he gathered and di- 
stributed among the warriors of Derbend. 
It is related that in the year 290, one named Bi-shutur was sent in the capacity of 
governor to Derbend. He ceased to give their pensions to the inhabitants; he usurped 
all the revenues arising from the Naphtha, salt, and other productions of the country. 
The inhabitants (i. e. the warriors) of Derbend being thus deprived of all means, gave 
themselves up to trade and other employments, and there soon appeared amongst them 
