Môossâh. | ..... | ..... . . . Sheikh Suffee-u-deen Ishack. | Sudder-u-deen. | Khaujah Ali. | Sheikh Ibrahim. | +------------------+ | Juneyd married a sister of Uzun Hassan. | +------+ | Sheikh Hyder married Martha, daughter of Uzun Hassan and Despina. | +-------------------------------+ | Ismael Sofi. | Tamasp. | +-----------------+---------+ | | | Mahomed Codabundah. Ismael. Hyder. | Shah Abbas, the Great. [290] Also mentioned at page 57. [291] Mazenderan, part of ancient Hyrcania, is separated from Irak by the Elburz Mountains; in its soil and climate it resembles Ghilan, except in being more mountainous and wooded. Silk is not cultivated to so great an extent, though the commerce of the province is considerable. The inhabitants were regarded as the most warlike of the Persians, and even held out for a considerable time against the whole power of Tamerlane. The population is about one million five hundred thousand; the principal towns are Sari, the capital, Balfrush, with upwards of a hundred thousand inhabitants, Amol, Ferrabad, and Ashraff, famous for the palace of Shah Abbas the Great, who also executed that stupendous work named the Causeway of Mazenderan, which at present has been allowed to fall into disrepair. [292] Alamur, or Eluan Beg, was not in sure possession of the throne, as he was engaged in a struggle with his brother Morad Khan, who ruled over Bagdad, Shiraz, etc. See page 43. [293] Also mentioned at page 56. [294] Either the Kur or the Aras, more probably the latter. [295] Diarbekr. [296] Tauris, or Tabreez. See _Travels of a Merchant_, cap. 7. [297] Morad Khan, brother, not son, of Eluan Beg, ruler of Fars, Babylonia, etc. [298] Diarbekr. Eluan Beg had also taken refuge here. [299] Allà-ed’ Douleh. [300] Albistan, sixty miles from Marash; ten thousand inhabitants. [301] Marash, sixty miles from Iskenderoon; ancient capital of Karamania. [302] Kara Dagh, or Black Mountain. [303] Shiraz in this case, not Sivas. [304] Ispahan. [305] Bagdad. [306] Diarbekr. [307] Shiraz.