Derbend-nâmeh or the History of Derbend. 677 
äsil ,)] bu) üLs LS Gb] > cp |wise, surelÿ the curse of God and His angels . 
* ee EU y tshall rest upon you: we fly for refuge to God! 
AU Le <bli8T OI gpl Euh?) 6 JUL Re ne RE MéRamned. the mie Djerir 
Aucberéni (At-Teberi) in the description of the 
conquests during the reign of Omar, says that 
diee sl > 6) s ÿ ke 1,4] ps D poil ces the most successful of the Khalifs in con- 
quest was certainly Omar the son of Khattéb: 
Gb (pou 21) Use me all Gb «she persecuted the infidels; overthrew (their) 
hosts; established the Divan, and laid tri- 
) butes on different kingdoms. His troops pass- 
eo! lets T ed beyouud the river Djaihoon in the east; 
#3) 75 bus e® et _ n? on ". north they ue Aderbijan, Babul- 
D ge (559 (ULS) clans En Is se Abwab and the land of Nidjeh, which is con- 
Fr ES tiguous to the wall of Yadjüdj and Madjüd)j; 
ot... Gil eee bis + J al) de the south they reached Hind, Sind, Bah- 
rain, Ummän and Mekreman (Mekran?); and 
on the west they arrived at the boundaries of 
s VE JL PAUL? and all nations were in ghe- 
ience to him...... He had one army in 
Syria, and another in Aderbijän: this country 
extends from Hamadan to Babul-Abwab in 
length ..... a 
vob #00. JECERR FA] ef dj, A 3% y» 
asü bols SA os ob) J J 
J Uluss Y°P2 oeb5t PSues ARTE [Luc 
122 Here we have omitted some lines that are rendered defective by many errors. They are the conti- 
nuation of the authors exhortation, intimating, that on such descendants of the holy race there should be 
made no demand of any duties or taxes that are imposed upon the gencrality of subjects &c. and on the 
other hand, that no credit should be given to the mere pretensions of such as, having no true documents 
uor legal right to the title, call themselves descendants of the holy family- , 
123 See Part IL. Rem. 14. — Here ends the quotation from the history of Mulla Djeli; if the reader wishes 
to know our opinion of its merits, we refer him to our preface, 
Mem. des sav. étrang. T. VI. 68 
