Derbend-nâmeh or the: History of Derbend. 623 
Lui fee Jils QE af lus ‘Gblluelas much as they could; but it being beyond 
their power to resist, they were exhausted. 
> bi JS ele Le «sus 2 9? SEUI|The infidels gained the field *°: Selmdn, the 
son of Rebieh, perished with the 10,000 men 
that were brought. from Küfeh, so that noné 
“ {5 «| tt: 2G bas 6 Ta flof them were saved. This accident’ took place 
U 21 2 > 1} > > 2 o> 19 ay 
Cal ME in the field before Bulkher and there are now 
Ab, > 92 EL pi css» ass] ; DE € Ye}: the remains ® of these Mussulmans, and the 
ve | i 3 fl marins. .-|place ïs called the sepulchre of the Martyrs: # 
de 9 HS lil) Jyils culs Ubu © | the mercy. and the -blessing of God be ‘upon 
| fib: heir souls! 
pa pere gl quil) sandy | es 
QT) dus Jr CR pire © 702 dl When this information came to Ofhman-he 
3 ls Ls-af (els?) le og Elus |was exceedingiy sad, so that slcep and repose 
six < 1 quitted him. He- thereforé wrote a letter to 
af >ge fl ls dohue peus Ci p ab wHep| Habib, the son of Muslimeh  ordering him to 
Re oo, {set out with his army towards Ærmenia, to 
LL, 53 axe) "C > lb 4 Al, take vengeance on the Khagkan and his army, 
Soi ? Jo ssatic o1Ë for Selman and for all the Mussulmans that 
Ed 5e ER É - 7 | had perished there. — Habib, according to 
LG ja dta3 (2) Loue pus Dol,55 L;) Rap the will of the Amir (i. e. the Khalif) encou- 
raged his army and proceeded towards that 
5IG. sp Je Perses «sls) He Sell country. He continued bis way till he passed 
a derbend that bears the name of the passage 
of Beni-Zeväreh** and reached the city. of 
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meañing to be that the Khagkan, after quitting Derbend, had dismissed a part of his army or had ap- 
pointed some, portion of it to defend such spots of his vast country, as might be visited--by these hea- 
venly hosts. — 
30 Literally, found thé hand, i. e. gained possession. — ‘Ædd."N. In.Dr: Dorn’s quotation. (see the Nachrich- 
ten &c. p. 154) this phrase is preceded by another: Ji Je Jagé Qys Slt dep, 29 » In ve attack a 
Lhousand warriors became martyrs (were killed.) } $ 
81 This Bulkher must rather be the é& of our Derbend-nameh. See Part I. Rem. 17. 
82 Literally — the dust of. : 
33 The description is! almost identical with what we find in the Derbend- LATE the principal difference 
regards the place of battle and the number of :Mussulmans. who perished. Read Rem. 114— 192. Part II. 
%4 It must be the passage of Zevareh — à district in the N: W: parts of Jrak-Adjem,. formed, according 
to Fais, by Zevâreh, the brother of DA dastan. See äs 5 and Lie les in the description of Fr” FSle 
foi ile word Me — 
