Derbend-nâmeh or the History of Derbend. 641 
LS du ls a2l5 5 jU5 Jp SAS a 59) œab.. As many towns and fortresses as were 
SEE er en « ‘ue mi in his way he took by capitulation. The for- 
és oux E obE ul JE aa sul alle tress had remained empty (?); there was (be- 
à 5] adsl) ol afin $}fore) in it one thousand famous heroes on 
& y pe EE 5 ACTE the part of the Khagkan. Muslimeh proceeded 
ne) ie as PER Ki «sJS av ol |hence to Balkh. — The Khagkan on the 
other hand being informed of this, began to 
Au gs5 Ji > «Leon «solo Jon afe ysË + | move his army. Muslimeh passed to the port 
of Derbend; hence he passed to Samargkand 
(Semend?) %. Here the Khagkan encountered 
CA) Jélël al Fes BE Ÿ pal Muslimeh; they fought and multitudes fell on 
5e Dsl rP both sides. In the-midst of the battle, one 
at] Lecss aë] LL PRES ds> OU oblof the Khazarians came and said: «0 Amir, 
if thou wishest to know the Khagkan, I will 
y) ob 5 el Lol SE Gp > hs show him to thee: lo! he is up yonder in the 
chariot with the satin canopy, but all his brave 
Warriors surround him.» Muslimeh called his 
brother to his presence and said: «Canst thou 
É ad . [go to that place? » — He answered: « Yes. » — 
Nr) us? 939) Qil> 5 alu 5H y> oJ4w 0 192 | Therefore he chose a thousand valiant warriors 
who armed themselves and proceeded towards 
Æ SJ) (use 3k oyl3) & Ds 7e Co 6, the satin canopy, and broke into the ranks of 
| 6 : fore they reachedthe cano 
ie List CS es 3 [the enemy; but be y Py, 
Dee SHb US Te se Scerowds of the Mussulmans perished: never- 
Lol bob] abs ai 3) (a perte [L}L>,ftheless they attacked the canopy, (the brother 
5 of Muslimeh) rent it with his sword; the 
. huis al ,L , LL LE af 403 dur Khagkan took to flight; the Musulmans as- 
pre «as À ‘ nus sols < a45 5 gd) A 
Moss) Se cols fs 
D ES, JE ul Gus 5 es EL Lu 
eau) ls 5 juële 55 axe 46,135, 3 
8) This place in our MS. is very perplexing: I[ rather think there must be an omission. — Add. N. 
From the translation of both Bal’ami and %41- Balkhi (Nachrichten &c. p. 89— 90 and 195) we learn as fol- 
lows: « At that time Muslimeh found in Babul-Abwab a thousand Tarkhans (See for. this. word hereafter the 
note 71.) whom the Khagkan bad appointed there; but he did not do them any injury and passed towards 
Hesin (See for this word Part IV Remark 4. Another reading is Hesinein in the dual number.) which were two 
fortresses. Here he did not find any body and therefore turned his face towards the Khagkan. The enemy, 
in countless number, attacked Muslimeh, who was obliged to retire to Babul-abwab. The Khazarians fol 
lowed them. Muslimeh applied to the Princes of the mountains &c.» — Here are fully detailed a confederacy 
between Muslimeh and the mountaineers aud the preparations made for the battle. — The word Samargkand 
is. a fault; I read it Semend though.1 could not find it in any of Dr. Dorn’s quotations. 
66 4dd. N. In both translations of Teberi to be found in Dr. Dorn’s Nachrichten &c. it is said that 
Muslimeh called Mervân, 
