[Footnote 45: The character and government of Nushirvan is
represented some times in the words of D'Herbelot, (Bibliot.
Orient. p. 680, &c., from Khondemir,) Eutychius, (Annal.
tom. ii. p. 179, 180, - very rich,) Abulpharagius, (Dynast.
vii. p. 94, 95, - very poor,) Tarikh Schikard, (p. 144 -
150,) Texeira, (in Stevens, l. i. c. 35,) Asseman, (Bibliot
Orient. tom. iii. p. 404 - 410,) and the Abbe Fourmont,
(Hist. de l'Acad. des Inscriptions, tom. vii. p. 325 - 334,)
who has translated a spurious or genuine testament of
Nushirvan.]