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Akhlät%. This city had strong, extensive and 
elevated walls, and the body of the infidels 
that was in that fortress consisted of brave 
and resolute men. Between Habib and these 
infidels a severe battle took place, and he 
remained there many days. At Jast he took the 
fortress, put to death all the warriors that 
were therein, and made captives of their wi- 
ves and children. He found in the fortress 
abundant riches and -innumerable precious 
things. Then he proceeded onwards till he 
reached the country of Metahir and halted 
in a place named Surah *.:—. Here he wrote 
letters to the chiefs and nobles of the Kha- 
zars, summoning them to his presence. À num- 
ber of the leaders of that country came to 
him, and made a treaty of peace for the sum 
of eighty thousand pieces of money. He took 
that sum of money from them, granted them 
a treaty of confederacy, and dismissed them. 
At this time the Amir displaced Habib 
and sent Hadzifah the son of 41-Emän in 
his stead. This latter, having arrived, stopped 
in the capital town of that country (?) and 
dispatched one of his relations, called Sileh 
the son of Züér-al-’absi (?) at the head of 
a well equipped army to those countries (Kha- 
zaria?). Sileh arranged the affairs of that 
country in a better way, and entirely subdued 
the sovereigns, leaders, nobles and statesmen 
of the country: and all were in obedience 
jand full subjection to him. In this manner 
35 Otherwise Khilat RE It was a renowned city in Armenia, situated on the W. or rather N. W. of the 
lake of Jan. It has been ruincd many times, either by the-hands of the enemies or by earthquakes, so that 
now it is but a very inconsiderable town (see ls (lez 
pe 412) — Add. N. Read also Zakariya Al-Gkazvini 
about this town and its sea or lake in Pr. Dorn’s Geographica Gaucasia page 30. 
56 Add, N. For Metahir we find in Dr. Dorn’s quotation Metamir and for Surah— Seradj (see the Nach- 
richten &c. p. 155). I am disposed to thiuk that by Metahir the Author meant the actual Melazghir situated 
on the north of Van at a distance of about 33 English miles from Kbhilat in the direction to the N.E. ie. 
on the way to Georgia. 
