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II.—CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF TURCOMANIA 43
NOTES.—1. _Brutality of the people._ 2. _Application of
name |Turcomania|. Turcoman Hordes._
III.—DESCRIPTION OF THE GREATER HERMENIA 45
NOTES.—1. _Erzingan._ Buckrams, _what were they?_ 2.
_Erzrum._ 3. _Baiburt._ 4. _Ararat._ 5. _Oil wells of
Baku._
IV.—OF GEORGIANIA AND THE KINGS THEREOF 50
NOTES.—1. _Georgian Kings._ 2. _The Georgians._ 3. _The
Iron Gates and Wall of Alexander._ 4. _Box forests._
5. _Goshawks._ 6. _Fish Miracle._ 7. _Sea of Ghel
or Ghelan._ _Names ending in |-án|._ 8. _Names of the
Caspian, and navigation thereon._ 9. _Fish in the
Caspian._
V.—OF THE KINGDOM OF MAUSUL 60
NOTES.—1. _Atabeks of Mosul._ 2. _Nestorian and Jacobite
Christians._ 3. _Mosolins._ 4. _The Kurds._ 5. _Mush
and Mardin._
VI.—OF THE GREAT CITY OF BAUDAS, AND HOW IT WAS TAKEN 63
NOTES.—1. _Baudas, or Baghdad._ 2. _Island of Kish._ 3.
_Basra._ 4. _Baldachins and other silk textures;
Animal patterns._ 5, 6. _Hulákú’s Expedition._ 7.
_The Death of the Khalíf Mosta’sim._ 8. _Froissart._
VII.—HOW THE CALIF OF BAUDAS TOOK COUNSEL TO SLAY ALL THE
CHRISTIANS IN HIS LAND 68
NOTES.—1. _Chronology._ 2. “_Ses |Regisles| et ses
|Casses|._”
VIII.—HOW THE CHRISTIANS WERE IN GREAT DISMAY BECAUSE OF WHAT
THE CALIF HAD SAID 70
NOTE.—_The word “|cralantur|.”_
IX.—HOW THE ONE-EYED COBLER WAS DESIRED TO PRAY FOR THE
CHRISTIANS 71
X.—HOW THE PRAYER OF THE ONE-EYED COBLER CAUSED THE MOUNTAIN
TO MOVE 72
NOTE.—_The Mountain Miracle._
XI.—OF THE NOBLE CITY OF TAURIS 74
NOTES.—1. _Tabriz._ 2. _Cremesor._ 3. _Traffic at Tabriz._
4. _The_ Torizi. 5. _Character of City and People._
XII.—OF THE MONASTERY OF SAINT BARSAMO ON THE BORDERS OF
TAURIS 77
NOTE.—_The Monastery of Barsauma._
XIII.—OF THE GREAT COUNTRY OF PERSIA; WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF
THE THREE KINGS 78
NOTES.—1. _Kala’ Atishparastán._ 2. _The Three Kings._
XIV.—HOW THE THREE KINGS RETURNED TO THEIR OWN COUNTRY 79
NOTES.—1. _The three mystic Gifts._ 2. _The Worshipped
Fire._ 3. _Sávah and Ávah. The Legend in Mas’udi.
Embellishments of the Story of the Magi._
XV.—OF THE EIGHT KINGDOMS OF PERSIA, AND HOW THEY ARE NAMED 83
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