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then the (unknown) personage appeared again 
on his gray horse and said: « Peace be to thee»- 
S’aid answered: «And to thee be peace, 0 
blessed guide! thy arrival has always been the 
prognostic of felicity; whereever thou guid- 
est me there is a blessing. I had prepared 
for thee many presents; why didst thou not 
come and take them?» He answered: «Be 
thou in health; thy kindness will not be lost; 
but hast thou a desire to make war with the 
son of the Khaghan?» Sa’id answered: «yes, 
I desire it eagerly.» He said: «lo, he comes 
with an immense army! now linger not; it is 
time.» — Said with his troops immediately 
mouvuted their horses and encountered the 
enemy at a passage (derbend) **. The two ar- 
61 By derbend we mean here rather a difficult passage and not the actual Babul- Abwab, which was far 
enough from the spot, where Said had chosen his residence (read above notes 58.). In Bal’amis translation 
it is said >> er debos «and he came to the land of Derbend» which suggests the idea that the 
translator took derbend for Babul- Abwab; but this is beyond every probability; for the: narrative of the 
whole chapter clearly shows that the repeated engagements between Sa’id’s army and the Khazars all the 
time took place not far from re) E ge and that the Arabs in this expedition did not go so far as the actual 
Derbend till the arrival of Muslimeh (Read this Extract IV and compare it with the Extract V.). In the Dja- 
ghatai translation we read the same thing (LS > PS > _p Jos), only with the addition of > jy} à to 
Ardjik »; and a little farther os5pb ELA} pb he Ce SEE «When (the enemy) saw that 
the army of the Arabs is in Ardjik»...&c. (Dr. Dorn’s Nechrichten &c_p: 122 lines 4 —9). In Hafiz- Abrou 
we find instead of Derbend and Ardjik: Hp (ibid. p. 149 line 11.) which I am disposed to read Hp 
Barzend or Verzend which was a ruined little town in the XIV century. Hamdullah- Almustawfi- Algkazvini 
places it (see Dr. Dorn’s Geographica Caucasia p. 36) under 73 — 39 long. and 37— 49 N. lat. Istakhri places 
it almost half way between Ardebil and Bilgkan (ibid. p. 15; line 5—6.). Bilgkan and Madjervan are placed 
by Hamdullah nearly under the same degrees of long. and latitude: the first under 73—32 of long. and 
39 — 50 of N. latitude; the second under 78—929 (I read the word Fa in Dr. Dorn’s quotation, Geogra- 
phica CaucaSia p. 35 line 1 Fa 78, if not > 73; otherwise the difference would be far from probable), and 
38—8 (I read ibid. the letter à for & ; because the Arabs also knew that every degree contains no more than 
60 minutes), — All this inclines one to think that the Berzend of Hafiz-Abrou, so I read the word He 
— is the most acceptable. There are two circumstances more which may contribute in some degree to the 
