Derbend- Nâmeh or thé History of Derbend. 
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LS pdd dass ST cépsäla Lai 
QUES ESS OA au Jallue us gLals 
cs) OU ue. pyall Wial bios OI A; 
Drag alles Mass ol QUIL 38) 4 
DOI: TE T & Js 
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651 
of, Rüm; and.to, this day their remains are 
to be seen. about the town of Bedün ”*. | 
-At-theé-time when Xisri Anushiredn con 
structed the bulwark and the chain, he put 
to” death their chiefs in Rém and in Zrak 
and then:he built.the towns of Sabran and 
Ker-kureh and Bab and 4labwéb 77, of which 
some parts are repaired to this day by the 
troops of the sovereign of our period Abul- 
futüh.&c.. — But as to Bb, (i. e. Derbend) 
especially so called from having gates to en- 
ter, in and go out at, which are known by 
the name of Demir - gkapi and which were vi- 
Sited by the son of Uz-demir ®, it was ruled, 
together with all the districts belonging. to 
Lot UE EL Li RE #; abs basis it, by this great Vizir; after which it fell 
junder ‘the administration of the righteous 
and ingenious Vizir, Djafar-Pash. At that 
time the country of 41-b4b was brought into 
good order and its affairs were arranged 
- according to peace and justice, in a better 
way than they were during the authority 
| of the Vizier Othman-Pasha, for this lat- 
HR éee NEahd  b a di _ [ter was somewhat severe, strict, and bold 
ES ut a 0 Lù CC. in his duties, and would not abstain from 
x bloodshed 7 &c. 
Fr ob mes 5 plus Do pre) 5 Le 
| 
» 
E © if ii* i 
»: 16 ds Ât not Fridin in Bulgaria? — The-incursions into À dir must he meant as'attrihuted to the Khat- 
2ars.i —1bnu-l-verdi, from svhose work our’ author here\must have selected the greater part of his investi- 
grailous on the mountain of the su 6 gives ithe; four namesrof the tribes referred to: these names in my 
MS\are nd, JE, a 24) ERY | 
(or the PP) ar > LE > (read > 2e #l or 02 > »l) Cosult 
shout these four tribes in D’ Ohssons des peuples du Caucase ce VL 
See fr Sabran, or _rather Shabran Rem, 24 to Part K for. 0} LS Rem. 95 to ;the same part. The ex- 
f 
D 
pr 2 see Asics sa are in Mode of Par RMEEEr Bab is _meaut here” to ‘be Dérbend and 
ITATETE 
AE RER Em - Lire D Sugihen, EE in à this. Er we mont a DREEnos Qu hint re ring. to É affi- 
sy nn the two epithets sys 39) self. iron and PDT i#ron ts the author says an) r uw» 
bus nié ALT if 
Jr > &il, ra Ql. by oye> far si. äa) Jo as Pr. re in his (Othmai Fes s)- father's: \hame 
there is an obvious indication;! that is: it:suits well that Déemir-gkapi:should be subdued by'the'son of Uz-dernir.'» 
7% The famous expedition of Othman Pasha to Daghistan took place in the year 987 — 1579, soon after 
