Derbend-ndmeh or the History of Derbend. 657 
: j lb sasioegdgucrdiss buial: Velvend. — A {third) of them is the country 
or pr e* Fais s: Ex da ____ |of Gourge (Georgia) and among these there 
) aL js ca) Nails SJ 51, LS are (families of) Kurds and Turks °°. — A 
| s Li Le (fourth) is the principality of Handakh (Gkai- 
ol XL Ce 5 EL ixd lsros, SI d 5 Gl ie tagk); it contains twelve thousand (!) villages, 
labre lin IG et AE of which some were subdued by Djafar - Pasha 
> Ules Dbhiss Or Wa and agreed to pay the tribute of the tithe. 
le _yé pull Las] (lo) es | als, Al Among the number are the principalities 
of Teberistan (Tabaserän), Zerneguän (Ze- 
Ji x ile Los 2 d dents ol) reh-cheran) Saidan (Sandan?) and the coun- 
3 : 9 MO ER try of Doudani*$. The inhahitants of this 
Los LL EL ob jade x e> ei] JE ae ja are the most filthy in the creation, 
acknowledge the authority of no sovereign and 
profess no religion. — ÂÀÂmong the num- 
ber is the principality of Sheki, which is - 
called the dominion of Shamkhal, to the 
daughter of whose sovereign was married Oth- 
man Pasha, who made peace with him and 
took advantage of his friendsbip (and at last) 
wholly subdued him through the influence 
of the Sultan of this period, the father of 
victory Murad Khan. This country lies iso- 
Cl) OUL, do 4 ojets à quil, ane (15123) 
85 The chronicles of Vakhtang V. say that the habitations of the children of Thorgamos on the south 
were limited by the mountains of Orethi which are in the country of Curdistan. — The appellation of 
Gurdjistan is pretended by some to be derived from the name of the river Cur or Cüra (see Voyage autour 
du Caucase par Fr. Dubois de Montpéreux, T.II. p. 7. note 1.) D’Ohsson’s researches into the diffe- 
rent denominations that he met with in the ancient geographers in general, denoting the Georgia of the 
present day &c. are very interesting; but one must not mistake CS CT CES r for NE or LUE JS. 
See Des peuples du Caucase, note IX. — In the district of Sighnagh to this day a village bears the name of 
Gürdjan and is famous for its wine. — See OGospwnie T. I. p. 338. — 
#6 Consult D’Ohsson’s des peuples du Caucase, note VI., look also for ds }> (Part VIIL rem. 4. of 
our work) whom Mas oudi makes the ancestor of this trihe. 
The various readings of this word, (We have in different versions of Mas'oudi and other geographers: 
aslsss, asls>, as)», ag), aud ail sl.) sugsests to me a new idea: is not the last reading oudo- 
niyeh preferable? and did not the first author mean the remainder of the ancient Oudens of Arran. These wan- 
deriug heathens lived in thick forests and mountains, not far from Sheki. The last remains of this tribe, within the 
last 50 years, have been converted partly to the Christiau and partly to the Muhammedan religion. 499 fa- 
milies of this tribe are yet inhabiting Mehal of Râm. in the Province of Sheki, They have their own language, 
and besides speak Armenian and Tartar with great fluency. — See OGospmnie &c. T. IIL. pag. 353. — 
