618 4 RAZEM-BEG, 
jo pol CE AE r és Qéessl Sole led him, and by this they knew that we also 
are mortals ‘. — After this they resolved to 
make war upon us, but we left that place ‘°» 
” 
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IL 
EXTRACT FROM THE TRANSLATION OF IBNU-L-AASEM, FROM A PART 
17 
CONTAINING THE EVENTS OF THE 27 AND 28 YEARS OF THE HIDJRET ; 
THE CHAPTER IS ENTITLED: 
CHUULS DL PAS _9 die ) ap The conquest of Armenia and the death 
of Selman, the son of Rebïi’ah- 
2) Qu pl lbs pi gr lus nringene: lO6b AM Es à: .. 4 At that time there 
eat arrived the mandate of the Amir (the Khalif 
ile Cul 09 53) 4530 a sl GS Ja s am) Othman) to Selman the son of Rebiah, di- 
15 We find the same, besides Derbend-nameh and Ibnu-l-aasem, also in some other works. See Rem. 7 
to Part IL — 
16 Here we finish our extract from the two chapters of Teberi. — Add. N. The continuation of the 
chapter treats upon the rest of the conversation between Omar and the eye witness who had returned to 
him from Daghistan. The curious may find it in the Persian and the Djaghatai translatins of Teberi in 
Dr. Dorn’s Nachrichten &c. pag. 61—65; 109 — 111. 
17 The author does not show the year; but from other histories we know that Mo’avieh’s expedition to the 
Island of Cyprus, which is described soon after this in Zbnu-l-aasem, took place in the year 28. Consult our 
Rem. 2. to Part II. — 
18 Read the second part of Derbend-nameh. 4dd. N.-1In Dr. Dorn’s Nachrichten &c. instead of Selman we find 
do but preference must be given to the reading of our text, at least for its concordance with the narra- 
tive of all the three versions of the Derbend-nameh. (Consult Remark 1. to Part IL.) — Comparing our text with 
Dr. Dorn’s quotation we find between them considerable difference. We shall refer only to such as deserve 
particular attention. — 
1% The first part of this chapter, which we have omitted treats on some engagements between the Arabs 
