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FOREWORD , , . . . . . . . . Vll<br />

I. INTRODUCTION<br />

§i, Tcfnkh al-Bab , I<br />

§2. Other Arabic sources . . . . . . 4<br />

§3. Darband-nania and later historians . . . 5<br />

§4. Historical background . . . . . 10<br />

3. TRANSLATION FROM THE ARABIC 22<br />

3. COMMENTARY: : .<br />

§i, Sharvan . . . . . . . . 56<br />

§2. Bab al-Abwab 69<br />

4. GENERAL REMARKS<br />

(a) Geography and ethnology:<br />

§i. Sharvan . . . . . . . 75<br />

§2, Darband 85<br />

§3. Farther neighbours of al-Bab (Khazar, Rus,<br />

etc.) 105<br />

(b) Adm<strong>in</strong>istrative, social and military organisation:<br />

§i. Sharvan . . . . . . . 116<br />

§2. Darband 122<br />

ANNEX I—Munejjim-bashi on later sharvanshahs . . . 129<br />

ANNEX n—Postcript on Darband . . . . . . 139<br />

ANNEX <strong>in</strong>—Mas'udi on the Caucasus 142<br />

ANNEX iv—Ibn-Kusta on Daghestan 166<br />

ANNEX v—Ibn al-Azraq's visit to Darband . . . . 170<br />

INDEX 175<br />

ARABIC TEXT . *I—*32

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