despatched one of his great generals at the head of 12,000 men, who ravaged the land of Arrân and conquered the region lying between ar-Rass river and Sharwân. Kubâdh then followed him and built in Arrân the city of al-Bailaḳân, the city of Bardhaʿah—which is the capital of the whole frontier region, and the city of Ḳabalah, i. e., al-Khazar. After that he erected Sudd al-Libn [brick dam] lying between the land of Sharwân and al-Lan gate. Along this Sudd, he established 360 cities which fell into ruins after the erection of the city of al-Bâb wa-l-Abwâb.
Anûshirwân builds other cities. Ḳubâdh was succeeded by his son Anûshirwân Kisra who built the cities of ash-Shâbirân and Masḳat, and later al-Bâb wa-l-Abwâb[1] which was called Abwâb because it was built on a road in the mountain. He settled in the places he built a people whom he called as-Siyâsijûn.[2] In the land of Arrân, he established Abwâb Shakkan,[3] al-Ḳamibarân, and Abwâb ad-Dûdânîyah. Ad-Dûdânîyah are a tribe who claim to be descended from the banu-Dûdân ibn-Asad ibn-Khuzaimah. He also built ad-Durdhûkîyah[4] which consisted of twelve gates,[5] each one of which was a castle of stone. In the land of Jurzân he established a city, Sughdabîl, which he populated with a body of as-Sughd [Sogdians] and Persians, making it a fortified town. Next to the Greek lands in the region of Jurzân, he built a castle and called it Bâb Fairûziḳubâdh; another called Bâb Lâdhiḳah; still another Bâb
- ↑ Derbend. See Meynard, Dictionnaire de la Perse, p. 68; Hamadhâni, pp. 286–288; Ḥauḳal, pp. 241–242.
- ↑ Cf. St. Martin, Mémoires sur l'Arménie, vol. i, pp. 207–214.
- ↑ Hamadhâni, p. 288, "Shakka"; Yâḳût, "Shaḳa"; Ḥauḳal, p. 254, "Shakka".
- ↑ Hamadhâni, p. 288, "ad-Durzûḳiyah"; St. Martin, vol. ii, p. 189.
- ↑ Cf. Hamadhâni, p. 288.
