656 À KAZEM-BEG, 
z] ] das le gels üL; CS LEDs SAT visited the most part of those countries 
D _ [himself and ascertained how many principali- 
lil del ps oli Us, aile 5 EU ÿYlties there were in the Mountains of Victory. 
ME peur c L 4 [The country of Shirwän-shah is amongst the 
«gs UJes Jbel L] äs.ls aile Li sk number; it is the greatest of the principalities 
es LL) oc) 5 _. nr Ps SRE of these regions, lying Die Eee It is 
k an extensive country, containing districts, towns, 
yrasbe aSL ll o je Joel, ri BY} pu) Fr _pMlre| villages, and cultivated lands, and it is ruled 
> —— by a separate sovereign resident in it. From 
al) 3 Js (Upylies Uyabe) Joke hence they export raw silk to different coun- 
ee DES Pret «|: i i i his country are timed 
PTT DATANT Us, Jay. [tries. The inhabitants of t ÿ 
lee lies de ce be ti lil, and subject to continual inroads. It is said 
Chile 5, JheYs ol) 5 à), aelthat no period of thirty years passes among 
Ft ra # à , them without the use of arms and hostility, 
pe) Ji ») Do, US 6,Le daube r &x3| Another of them is the principality of the 
Lagzs; it is an extensive country, containing 
districts, cantons, villages and fortifications. 
Ît is inhabited by numerous and mighty tribes, 
who are yet infidels and who do not place 
themselves in submission to any one. Ît is 
[said that they have a ....** which is called 
we read in some authors) and with an addition of an alif we may recognize the ancient Alban (pylae Albaniae). 
And 3) the pass Jran-Shah we may take either for one of the principal defiles of Ossetia, which by the natives 
is called Zrostan and Ironistan, i. e. for one of the defiles of Ihran of our Derbend-nameh. (Read above 
Part I. Rem. 19.) 
As to the passage of Curüyan, Carübân, or Caruman — 1 can offer no opinion, but it must also be in- 
cluded in the number of the defiles of Dariel. — 
84 À word or two must be omitted here in our MS.; we could not correct the defect by follow- 
ing the work of Zbnul- Vèrdi, from which Dedeh- Afendi has taken his description almost word for word, 
neither could we consult the SUN &s” to which also he makes reference in this place, in conse- 
quence of its not being within our reach. In the MS. of Ibnul- Verdi which we possess, instead of 5] we find 
AI which must be a mistake; for the author means the country of the Lagzs or Lazgs, of which we find 
also in L; ol p. 403. with this addition: _P Ji) all o Jo ,s Ebls » And in their vicinity there is 
the tribe called Levend: Thus the Velvend we must read va Levend i. e taking va for a conjunction. Then the 
whole phrase may be (with the want of one word only): Ji po ANS U geuss Xl 4 Ji It is said 
What they have some tribes called . . . . . and Levend.« 
