“By the absence of Azer-abad his subjects were left to the free indulgence of their passions, and every species of excess was the consequence. _The empire became a scene of rapine and of murder._ To use the extravagant expression of our author (the Dabistan), _the mills, from which men were fed, were turned by the torrents of blood that flowed from the veins of their brothers; every art and science fell into oblivion; the human race became as beasts of prey, and returned to their former rude habitations in caverns and mountains_. “Some sages, who viewed the state of the empire with compassion, intreated Iy-Affram, a saint-like, retired man, to assume the government. This holy man, who had received the title of Iy (pure), from his pre-eminent virtues, refused to attend to their request, till a divine command, through the angel _Gabriel_, led him to consent to be the instrument of restoring order, and of reviving the neglected laws and institutions of Mah-abad. Iy-Affram founded a new dynasty, which was called the Iy-abad; who, after a long and prosperous reign, suddenly disappeared, and the empire fell again into confusion. Order was restored by his son, Shah Kisleer, who was with difficulty prevailed upon to quit his religious retirement to assume the reigns of government. His successors were prosperous till the elevation of the last prince of the dynasty, whose name was Mahabool. This monarch, we are told, was compelled by the increasing depravity of his subjects to resign his crown. “He was succeeded by his eldest son, Yessan, who, acting under divine influence, supported himself in that condition which his father had abandoned. This prince founded a new dynasty, which terminated in his descendant, Yessan-Agrin. At the end of his reign the general wickedness of mankind exceeded all bounds, and _God made their mutual hostility the means of the Divine vengeance, till the human race was nearly extinct_. The few that remained had fled to woods and mountains, _when the all-merciful Creator called Kaiomurs, or Gilshah, to the throne_.” We only now want a key to unlock the portals of this _Magh-abadean_ household; and I flatter myself that _this_, which I am about to tender, will consummate to an accuracy that very desirable purpose. Cain’s immediate progeny are they which are included under the above denomination. Their faith and worship are exactly symbolised under its derivative dress. _Magh_, as before explained, is _good_; and _Abad_, a _unit_; that is, when combined, the _Good One_, or _Unit_, the author of fruitfulness and productiveness--in which light alone, as all-bountiful and all-generous, was he recognised by this family.