[Footnote2:ThedynastyoftheSamanidescontinued125years，A。D。847—999，undertenprinces。Seetheirsuccessionandruin，intheTablesofM。DeGuignes，Hist。desHuns，tom。i。p。
404—406。TheywerefollowedbytheGaznevides，A。D。999—
1183，seetom。i。p。239，240。Hisdivisionsofnationsoftendisturbstheseriesoftimeandplace。]
[Footnote3:Gaznahhortosnonhabet:estemporiumetdomiciliummercaturaeIndicae。AbulfedaeGeograph。Reiske，tab。xxiii。p。
349。D\'Herbelot，p。364。Ithasnotbeenvisitedbyanymoderntraveller。]