Note 089
The heath of Mogan, between the Cyrus and the
Araxes, is sixty parasangs in length and twenty in breadth,
(Olearius, p. 1023, 1024,) abounding in waters and fruitful
pastures, (Hist. de Nadir Shah, translated by Mr. Jones from
a Persian Ms., part ii. p. 2, 3.) See the encampments of
Timur, (Hist. par Sherefeddin Ali, l. v. c. 37, l. vi. c.
13,) and the coronation of Nadir Shah, (Hist. Persanne, p. 3
- 13 and the English Life by Mr. Jones, p. 64, 65.)]
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 46