Derbend -nâmeh or the History of Derbend. 697 



CONTENTS. 



PREFACE. 



Pages. 



The earliest information respecting the Derbend-Nâmeh etc 438 



The causes of the variety of versions of the Derbend-Nàmeh W2 



Versions of the Derbend-Nâmeh known to me . . . . . 444 



Reason for selecting this particular version of the Derbend-Nâmeh 449 



The plan adopted for its publication 450 



The MSS. from which I hâve selected my extracts 451 



The system chosen for expressing the pronunciation of the proper names etc. . . . 454 



Tariklii-Derbeiid-Naiiieli. Part I. 



Gkubad-Shâh and Khagkan-Shah: alliance established between them. — The 

 foundation of Derbend on the Southern part of the wall of Alexander the 

 dulgkarnain. — Derbend is inhabited. — Discord renewed between Gkubad and 

 the Khagkan. — Three hundred and sixty towns and fortresses are built by 

 Anûshirwan in the neigbbourhood of Derbend and peopled with the inha- 

 bitants of Fars and Aderbijan and by this means Persia is secured from the 

 irruptions of the Khazars etc . 457 — 463 



Klaproth's extract of the Derbend-Nâmeh answering to Part I of our version 464 — 467 



REMARKS AND ILLUSTRATIONS TO PART THE FIRST *) 



Remarks: 1) Onj^^^jj^i V->- 2) On 5 M: his reign; Mexdek; Gkubad' s fate; Gib- 

 bon's error. — 3) Anûshirwan the Kisri. The fate of Mezdek. — 4) Historical and 

 Etymological observations on the word Rhagkan-Shah. — 5) Mosgkou and Rûsiyeh 



In putting before the readers the contents of our reniarks and illustrations \re shall not point ont such of 

 them as hâve little interest , or regard mercly variations between the différent versions of the Derbend-Nàmeh. 



