Atthesamefatalperiod，thePersiankingdomwasagainusurpedbythedynastyoftheBowides，bytheswordofthreebrothers，who，undervariousnames，werestyledthesupportandcolumnsofthestate，andwho，fromtheCaspianSeatotheocean，wouldsuffernotyrantsbutthemselves。Undertheirreign，thelanguageandgeniusofPersiarevived，andtheArabs，threehundredandfouryearsafterthedeathofMahomet，weredeprivedofthesceptreoftheEast。
[Footnote104:TheAglabitesandEdrisitesaretheprofessedsubjectofM。deCardonne，Hist。del\'Afriqueetdel\'EspagnesouslaDominationdesArabes，tom。ii。p。1—63。]
[Footnote105:Toescapethereproachoferror，ImustcriticizetheinaccuraciesofM。deGuignestom。i。p。359concerningtheEdrisites。1。ThedynastyandcityofFezcouldnotbefoundedintheyearoftheHegira173，sincethefounderwasaposthumouschildofadescendantofAli，whofledfromMeccaintheyear168。2。Thisfounder，Edris，thesonofEdris，insteadoflivingtotheimprobableageof120years，A。H。313，diedA。H。214，intheprimeofmanhood。3。ThedynastyendedA。H。307，twenty—threeyearssoonerthanitisfixedbythehistorianoftheHuns。SeetheaccurateAnnalsofAbulfedap。158，159，185，238。]
[Footnote106:ThedynastiesoftheTaheritesandSoffarides，withtheriseofthatoftheSamanines，aredescribedintheoriginalhistoryandLatinversionofMirchond:yetthemostinterestingfactshadalreadybeendrainedbythediligenceofM。
D\'Herbelot。]