[Footnote 87: Chardin, tom. i. p. 255 - 259. With the
Orientals, (D'Herbelot, Biblioth. Orient. p. 834,) he
ascribes the foundation of Tauris, or Tebris, to Zobeide,
the wife of the famous Khalif Haroun Alrashid; but it
appears to have been more ancient; and the names of
Gandzaca, Gazaca, Gaza, are expressive of the royal
treasure. The number of 550,000 inhabitants is reduced by
Chardin from 1,100,000, the popular estimate.]