[69] The Shemsheer-Khânee is a prose abridgment of the Shâh-Nâmeh, into which are introduced some of the finest passages of Firdousee's poetry.
[70] The ancient Hyrcania.
"Jehân-âfireenendeh yâr-e-men est
Ser-e-nereh deevân shikâr-e-men est."
[72] It was in this battle that the armies were, according to Firdousee, enveloped in sudden darkness, as had been foretold by a magician. The mention of this fact proves it to be the same action during which, Herodotus tells us, a total eclipse of the sun took place, as had been foretold by Thales the Milesian.—Vide Hist of Persia, vol. i. p. 3.
[73] Goor.
[74] The kemend or noose of the ancient Persians appears to be the lasso of the modern South Americans, and was employed to snare prisoners as well as wild cattle. It is well known and often used in India by some tribes of robbers and murderers of that country, who cast it over the head of the unwary traveller with an expertness that would do credit to a native of the Pampas.
[75] A representation of this combat is given in Dibdin's Decameron, vol. iii, p. 475.
"Too kâr-e-zemeen-râ nikoo sakktee
Kih ber kâr-e-âsmân-neez perdâkhtee."