9/35 1--12,) D'Herbelot, (Bibliot.Orient._Adhed_, _Fathemah_, but very incorrect,) Renaudot, (Hist.Patriarch.Alex.p. 522--525, 532--537,) Vertot, (Hist. des Chevaliers de Malthe, tom.i.p. 141--163, in 4to.,) and M.de Guignes, (tom.ii.p. 185--215.)] The hilly country beyond the Tigris is occupied by the pastoral tribes of the Curds; [46] a people hardy, strong, savage impatient of the yoke, addicted to rapine, and tenacious of the government of their national chiefs. |