630 L A KAZEM-BEG, 
this place to Oudebil (Ardebil?). There were 
about three thousand Musulmans. Djerruh 
AE sols ue (so) Je SL eæ OS stopped there and sent forth his troops to 
(@ - different quarters and plundered. 
re » 5229) La 5 pop) as)L), LS J ÿ9) o Ji) Ou the other hand the Prince of the Kha- 
; bd: GE pjdesol zars solicited assistance from the Khaghan 
DSC KE Jl f?2 SU VAN “2 |of China. — Al the infidels, as many as 
als 5] oil ouk a y us DJ uk 
there were, placed themselves in order and 
received the son of the Khagkan as their 
55 1e Es gl bol) bol 'leader. They came to Vergkän with an army 
m of three hundred thousand men, and attacked 
ue fè EC bp a 35) (EL LL) Luk the Musulmans. The troops of Djerrah were 
scattered. Lo, there appeared a prince, named 
oLil>,e Lo ébs obs eZ (SU HS]; Merdanshah; he se and sn «O prince 
(addressing Djerrah)! thou committest an er- 
ñ ÿ ror in remaining in this desert: the mount of 
ns 4 sis) 4 $ J His APPEL Je ele Silan is near to this place: it is better that thou 
shouldst retire thither and shelter thyself there 
LEDs 9Ÿ9 LS > gb asiis > Je Lu gs) until aid come unto thee.» — So Djer- 
, me Ge ) é ue rah removed thence and halted at the next 
56) 2L D dl ES M co à stage. The infidels also came and encamped 
POMPPARES PR kl Lbuk a) ;} JJ about that place *. The enemy approached ; 
the two armies met, and there took place 
LL GS af UT USES dés » bis) 
dl Hèl LEE (Sue) fe cul ls 
” 
dep) o>| ,5e es EL «| le os) Ksyp 
mean Os. — I know no such name as Vergkan. In the Mesalik and other Geographers of the East we find 
LD. Obus, bon, OL and like names. Î can not give preference to any of these readings, till 
I find out the truest. Istakbri puits Et is half way between Barda’a and Bilghan, therefore the place of 
this unknown town must be in the N. W. of Moughan. 
52 | think there is a defect here between the two identical phrases of our MS. 05) Jol LE 
Los and bo al.) Jel 35 — Add. N. Wn fact in Dr. Dorn’s quotations of this chapter of Te- 
beri in the Persian and Djaghatâi languages we find some lines here which justify my suspicion. We shall 
insert here the translation of these few lines (see Nachiichten &c. p. 74. line 3—5 and p. 115 line 10 —13.), 
begivuiug from the place where Merdäân-shah finishes his advice. — «Djerrah said: o Merdân-shah lest your 
women, after us, say to each other that I feared (in the Djaghatäi translation erroneously » Merdan-shah 
feared») to make war with the enemies of God the Most High (ie. infidels). Therefore Djerrah went (for- 
wards) and arrived at a village called Shehrväran (in another MS, Shehrdn; it seems that Djerrah did not 
follow Merdan -shah’s advice and prepared to encounter the enemy.), where he encamped himself, The Khazarians 
approached ». - « Here follows the description of Merdan-shah’s conversion to the Muhammedan religion and 
of his death, about which we found also in our MS. some few words after and which we omitted; see note 53. 
