[469] Note at p. 120 of Schefer’s edition of `Abd ul-Kerīm Chronicles. [470] See note at p. 135, _ibid._ The editor corrects an obvious _lapsus calami_,--A.H. 1148 for 1184. [471] With characteristic Pharisaism, `Abd ul-Kerīm tells us that “fear and terror fell upon Ma´sūm’s brethren, even as they had possessed the brethren of Joseph. He set himself to repress their iniquities, and had their accomplices in crime put to death. He suppressed prostitution, and tolerated no disorders condemned by law. Bokhārā became the image of Paradise!” (p. 125). [472] `Abd ul-Kerīm, p. 132. [473] His mother belonged to the noble Salor tribe, _ibid._ [474] `Abd ul-Kerīm, p. 137. For descriptions of ancient Merv the reader is referred to vol. v. _Dictionnaire géographique de la Perse_, by C. Barbier de Meynard, p. 526; Burnes’ _Travels into Bokhara_, London, 1834; Khanikoff’s _Mémoire sur la partie Méridionale de l’Asie Centrale_, pp. 53, 57, 113, and 128; and Prof. Shukovski’s exhaustive work referred to on p. 144--note 3, _supra_. [475] `Abd ul-Kerīm assures us that this prince was the Plato of the century, a man full of wisdom and knowledge (p. 135). [476] `Abd ul-Kerīm tells us that the number of families then deported was 17,000, which would give a total of about 85,000 individuals (p. 142). [477] Vambéry, _History of Bokhara_, p. 354. [478] `Abd ul-Kerīm (p. 151) gives the date as Friday, 14th Rajab A.H. 1214. Vambéry is apparently in error in placing it as 1802 (p. 360). [479] P. 151. [480] See Meyendorff’s _Voyage d’Orenbourg à Boukhara en 1820_, p. 281; _Bokhara: its Amir and People_, by Khanikoff, p. 248; Vambéry, _History of Bokhara_, p. 360. [481] Amīr Haydar was the first of the present dynasty to assume the title of Pādishāh. [482] `Abd ul-Kerīm, pp. 154–156. Vambéry gives a different version (_History of Bokhara_, p. 462), but we prefer to follow the native chronicler, who held high diplomatic posts in Bokhārā at the commencement of the century, and may be presumed to have had personal knowledge of the events which he records (see M. Charles Schefer’s Introduction to his Chronicle, p. iii). [483] `Abd ul-Kerīm, pp. 163, 164. [484] “He always has four legitimate wives: when he wishes to espouse a new wife he divorces one of her predecessors, giving her a house and pension corresponding with her condition. Every month he receives a young virgin, either as wife or slave. He marries the slaves who have not given him children, either to priests or soldiers” (`Abd ul-Kerīm, p. 163). [485] _History of Bokhara_, p. 365. A long chapter is devoted to Amīr Nasrullah by Sir H. Howorth. See his _History of the Mongols_, part ii. pp. 790–809. [486] “General of artillery.” [487] Khanikoff, _Bokhara_, p. 296. [488] The Kushbegi was vehemently suspected of removing him by poison (Khanikoff, p. 298). [489] About four shillings. [490] Khanikoff, p. 301. [491] _1 Vambéry, p. 366._ [492] Wolff, _Bokhara_, p. 232.