andAnatolia,ofwhichtheformerwaspossessedbytheChristians,andthelatterbytheTurks。ThesultansofIconiumopposedsomeresistancetotheMogularms,tillAzzadinsoughtarefugeamongtheGreeksofConstantinople,andhisfeeblesuccessors,thelastoftheSeljukiandynasty,werefinallyextirpatedbythekhansofPersia。
[Footnote*:SeethecuriousaccountoftheexpeditionofHolagou,translatedfromtheChinese,byM。AbelRemusat,MelangesAsiat。2dser。tom。i。p。171。—M。]
[Footnote24:AllthatcanbeknownoftheAssassinsofPersiaandSyriaispouredfromthecopious,andevenprofuse,eruditionofM。Falconet,intwoMemoiresreadbeforetheAcademyofInscriptions,tom。xvii。p。127—170。
Note:VonHammer\'sHistoryoftheAssassinshasnowthrownFalconet\'sDissertationintotheshade。—M。]
[Footnote25:TheIsmaeliansofSyria,40,000Assassins,hadacquiredorfoundedtencastlesinthehillsaboveTortosa。