“In the mountains of Nishapour and Tous (in Khorassan) they find turquoises.”—_Ebn Haukal._ Footnote 116: p. 87.—_Of_ HINDOO KOSH, _in stormy freedom bred._ For a description of these stupendous ranges of mountains, see _Elphinstone’s Caubul_. Footnote 117: p. 88.—_Her Worshippers of Fire._ The Ghebers or Guebres, those original natives of Persia, who adhered to their ancient faith, the religion of Zoroaster, and who, after the conquest of their country by the Arabs, were either persecuted at home, or forced to become wanderers abroad. Footnote 118: p. 88.—_From_ YEZD’S _eternal Mansion of the Fire._ “Yezd, the chief residence of those ancient natives, who worship the Sun and the Fire, which latter they have carefully kept lighted, without being once extinguished for a moment, about 3,000 years, on a mountain near Yezd, called Ater Quedah, signifying the House or Mansion of the Fire. He is reckoned very unfortunate who dies off that mountain.”—_Stephen_’s Persia. Footnote 119: p. 88.—_That burn into the_ CASPIAN, _fierce they came._ “When the weather is hazy, the springs of Naphtha (on an island near Baku) boil up the higher, and the Naphtha often takes fire on the surface of the earth, and runs in a flame into the sea to a distance almost incredible.”—_Hanway on the Everlasting Fire at Baku._ Footnote 120: p. 88.—_By which the prostrate Caravan is aw’d._ _Savary_ says of the south wind, which blows in Egypt from February to May, “Sometimes it appears only in the shape of an impetuous whirlwind, which passes rapidly, and is fatal to the traveller surprised in the middle of the deserts. Torrents of burning sand roll before it, the firmament is enveloped in a thick veil, and the sun appears of the colour of blood. Sometimes whole caravans are buried in it.” Footnote 121: p. 89.—_The Champions of the Faith through_ BEDER’S _vale._ In the great victory gained by Mahomed at Beder, he was assisted, say the Mussulmans, by three thousand angels, led by Gabriel, mounted on his horse Hiazum.—See _The Koran and its Commentators_. Footnote 122: p. 92.—“_Alla Akbar!_” The Tecbir, or cry of the Arabs. “Alla Acbar!” says Ockley, means “God is most mighty.” Footnote 123: p. 92.—_And light your shrines and chaunt your ziraleets._ The ziraleet is a kind of chorus, which the women of the East sing upon joyful occasions.—_Russel._ Footnote 124: p. 92.—_Or warm or brighten,—like that Syrian Lake._ The Dead Sea, which contains neither animal nor vegetable life. Footnote 125: p. 95.—_O’er his lost throne—then pass’d the_ JIHON’S _flood._ The ancient Oxus. Footnote 126: p. 95.—_Rais’d the white banner within_ NEKSHEB’S _gates._ A city of Transoxiana. Footnote 127: p. 95.—_To-day’s young flower is springing in its stead._