1836.] 



Conjectures on the march of Alexander. 



387 



Names of the hours of the Day. 



Names of the hours of the Night. 



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 tt* ytuta-uitLtuiia-Brtjui- 

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y. £f nt -p 'fi'i/i^wi s 



x 1 ♦ n n-tunouis 



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Aig, 



Zaig, 



Zairazial, 



Charagaithail, 



Sharavighail, 



Erkrates, 



Shanthakogh, 



Hirakath, 



Hur Phailail, 



Thaghathail, 



Araghot, 



Arphogh. 



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11). 11 n-iai. o«is 



11 • \nt-uuitpujj[i 



Khavarak, 



Aghjamdghj, 



Mithazail, 



Shaghavot, 



Kamavot, 



Bavakan, 



Khothapail, 



Gizak, 



Lusachiem, 



Aravot, 



Lusapail, 



Phailazu. 



It is recorded in the ancient annals of Armenia, that Armenac, the 

 son of Haic, had twelve brothers, who were respectively called by 

 the names of the twelve Armenian months. He had also twenty-four 

 sisters, who received the respective names of the twenty-four hours 

 of the day. 



The Armenians of British India as well as of other parts of the 

 globe, have adopted the use of the old Julian style and months in 

 mercantile transactions, and in their correspondence with Europeans. 



IV. — Conjectures on the march of Alexander. By M. Court, ancien 

 6leve de I'ecole militaire de St. Cyr. 

 [Communicated by Captain C. M. Wade*.] 



According to Plutarch, the first country through which Alexander 

 passed on leaving Hyrcania, was Parthia. I shall therefore set out 

 from this province, which is supposed to be the modern Khorasdn ; 

 and what confirms us in this supposition is, that to the south of 

 Parthia was situated Tabiana, now Thabas, which town is to be found 

 in this direction between two deserts. Another incontestable proof 

 is, that the province of Margiana, which was contiguous to Parthia, is 

 to be found situated in the country of Meimane, watered by the 

 modern Murg-db, called Margus by the ancients. 



Barbie' du Bocage fixes the capital of the Parthian empire at 

 Nicephorium, or Nishapur. But I must here notice that the town of 

 Tun may very probably be Parthonisa, of which he makes mention ; 

 and if this be the case, the tombs which are here to be found are those 

 of the kings of Parthia. 



* We are indebted to the kindness of a lady friend for the translation of 

 M. Court's valuable Memoir. — Ed. 

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