Note 098
He changed the old name of Sumera, or Samara, into the fanciful title of Sermen-raï, that which gives pleasure at first sight, (D'Herbelot, Bibliotheque Orientale, p. 808. D'Anville, l'Euphrate et le Tigre p. 97, 98.)

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The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire —Fall In The East —Chapter 52