 | Dughlát Muhammad Haidar - 1895 - 700 Seiten
...the spot, in the course of his embassy (1403-5) from Henry III. of Spain to Amir Tinmr. He wrote : " These mountains of the Gates of Iron are without woods,...pass, so that no one could pass without an order." (Sec Emliaisy of RmI G. Clavijo to Court of Timur, by CR Markham, Hakluyt Series, 18cVJ, p. 122.) From... | |
 | William Eleroy Curtis - 1911 - 546 Seiten
...very large city, with a large territory. They call the 'gates of iron' by the names of Derbent and Termit. At this house they made the ambassadors a...woods, and in former times they say that there were gates covered with iron placed across the pass, so that no one could pass without an order." Daghestan... | |
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gates of iron" are without woods ; and in former times, they say that there were great gates, covered with iron, placed across the pass, so that no one could pass without an order. 