V. 13. The translation in the Dabistan deviates from IV. VI. VII. which have: “my _punishment_ is greater than I can _bear_;” it agrees with I. II. III. and V. which say: “great is my _iniquity_ to be _forgiven_;” بزرك است كناه من از برداشتن “Great is my _crime_ to be _overlooked_” (disregarded). V. 16. There is coincidence between I. II. III. IV. VI. and VII. which have: “he dwelt in the land _of Nod_, on the east of Eden.” V. Mr. Bellamy translates: “he dwelt in the land _wandering_ eastward of Eden;” in the Dabistan: نشيست در زمين اواركي ييش عدن “He dwelt in the land of vagrancy, before Eden.” CHAP. V. V. 25. All translations have: “Methuselah lived _a hundred eighty and seven_ years, and begat Lamech;” in the Dabistan we read only “eighty-seven years.” V. 27. All versions agree in the words: “All the days of Mathuselah were _nine hundred sixty and nine_ years;” in the Dabistan we find: “the whole life of Manusalah was eight hundred and fifty-nine years” (according to its own text it ought to be 869). V. 30. According to all versions: “Lamech lived after he begat Noah _five hundred ninety and five_ years;” according to the Dabistan, only “five hundred years.” V. 31. Pursuant to all translations: “the days of Lamech were _seven hundred seventy and seven_ years;” pursuant to the Dabistan: “six hundred eighty and two years.” CHAP. VI. V. 3. In the Dabistan we read: “My spirit shall not always _take patience_ with man;” other versions have: “shall not always remain,” or “strive with man.” V. 5. is omitted in the Dabistan. The notice given in the Dabistan of the opinions of the Jews will be found very incomplete and inaccurate, inasmuch as it is exhibited without a due distinction of the different Jewish sects, to which they may be attributed. For a far better account of the Jews, see that of Makrisi, given in the “Chrestomathie arabe” of Silvestre de Sacy (vol. I. pp. 284-369), with the various explanatory notes of that celebrated orientalist. [484] Tata is a town belonging to the Amírs of Sind, the capital of a district of the same name, and situated near the banks of the Indus about 130 miles, by the course of the river, from the sea; lat. 22° 44´ N. long. 68° 17´ E.――(Hamilton’s _East India Gazetteer_.) [485] See pp. 152-153. [486] _Katéb_, the name of the sultan, signifies the north pole; hence the author plays with the words _kateb_, “north,” _naśif nahar_, “midday,” and _shám_, “evening.”