. Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . nd if he move the ballista back [from the wall], evenas far as one cubit, the stone falls outside the wall. . ^ Sofar Abu Dulaf Misar ibn Muhalhal, the poet; but I cannot vouch 1 Variant readings are Jis^ Cls, His, ^ Lit. Amirs; Kazvini has con-and Jins. In reality Shis is a corrup- querors. tion of Clz, Avestan Caefasta; see p. * This is evidently the imposture 73, above, and my Zoroaster, p. 197. of the coals (w\ dvdpdKuv) alluded 2 This extravagant number in the to by the Chur
. Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . nd if he move the ballista back [from the wall], evenas far as one cubit, the stone falls outside the wall. . ^ Sofar Abu Dulaf Misar ibn Muhalhal, the poet; but I cannot vouch 1 Variant readings are Jis^ Cls, His, ^ Lit. Amirs; Kazvini has con-and Jins. In reality Shis is a corrup- querors. tion of Clz, Avestan Caefasta; see p. * This is evidently the imposture 73, above, and my Zoroaster, p. 197. of the coals (w\ dvdpdKuv) alluded 2 This extravagant number in the to by the Church Father GeorgiusArabic text is reduced in the Persian Cedrenus ; see p. 141 below,version to 4000, which in itself is ex- ^ j omit here a legend which recountsaggerated enough. See Rawlinson, how the city was built by Hurmuz onJRQ8. 10. 68, n. 4 ; Barbier de Mey- the spot where a fire had appeared atnard. Diet. geog. p. 368, n. 1. The the grave of a messenger whom he hadtrue depth is not more than 156 feet, sent to worship Christ and who hadas given by Rawlinson, oj9. cit. p. 50. died on his ^. V5 . o»„ ^ -J
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