“Concerning the tradition of which I spoke, Vol. I., p. 62, of the transmigration of Indian musicians into Persia, ordered by Bahram-Gur, and set forth in the _Shahnameh_, a tradition which is applied perhaps rightly to the Zigeuner, I owe to Fleischer a very interesting notice, and wholly unknown to me hitherto, drawn from _Hamza Ispahani_, Gottwaldt edition, 1834 (p. 40 of the translation of Gottwaldt), according to which Bahram-Gur, for the pleasure of his subjects, caused twelve thousand musicians, those designated by the name of _Zuth_, to come from India. They are called _Luri_ in the _Shahnameh_[100], which is a proof that Hamza did not simply copy this fact. But Fleischer adds what follows relative to the name of _Zuth_, which I have not yet met with anywhere, and which was a complete enigma to me: ‘The _Kamûz_ says that the _Zotth_ are a race of men of Indian origin, and that the true pronunciation of this word is _Djatt_, but that the Arabs pronounce it _Zotth_.’ (See notes 3 and 4 at p. 43 of my memoir of 1849, concerning the rather free translation of this passage of the _Kamûz_.) In the French and Arabic Dictionary, by Ellious Bocthor, we find: ‘_Bohémien_, Arabe vagabond, Tchinghiané, qui dit la bonne aventure, vole, etc., is called _Zotti_ at Damascus, plural _Zotte_.’ “Nothing more. It is clear that, in the identification of the Djat of India with the Tsigans, Professor Pott’s share is very small up to the present. The great Indianist of Halle is rich enough in his own learning to be content with what belongs to him, and the respect I entertain for him and his kind feeling towards me form a sure guarantee that he will not be offended at my setting forth my claim.