[16]. 226 A.D.
[17]. Darmesteter, Sa. Bks. of the E., Vol. IV, Int., p. 3.
[18]. These appear to have been written upon the face of the Behistun rock about 515 B.C.
[19]. Max Müller—Chips, Vol. I, p. 91.
[20]. The Dihkans were the landed nobility of Persia. They kept up a certain independence, even under the sway of the Mohammedan Khalifs.
[21]. About 570 A.D. See Quartremére.
[22]. 1000 A.D.
[23]. 870 A.D.
[24]. In Persian mythology the earth is surrounded by a mountain range of pure emerald.
[25]. “The Ausindom mountain is that which, being of ruby, of the substance of the sky, is in the midst of the sea Vouru-Kasha.”—Zend-Avesta—Tir Yast, VI, 32, n.