[Footnote 203: Mirchond, (Mohammed Emir Khoondah Shah,) a
native of Herat, composed in the Persian language a general
history of the East, from the creation to the year of the
Hegira 875, (A.D. 1471.) In the year 904 (A.D. 1498) the
historian obtained the command of a princely library, and
his applauded work, in seven or twelve parts, was
abbreviated in three volumes by his son Khondemir, A. H.
927, A.D. 1520. The two writers, most accurately
distinguished by Petit de la Croix, (Hist. de Genghizcan,
p.537, 538, 544, 545,) are loosely confounded by D'Herbelot,
(p. 358, 410, 994, 995: ) but his numerous extracts, under
the improper name of Khondemir, belong to the father rather
than the son. The historian of Genghizcan refers to a Ms.
of Mirchond, which he received from the hands of his friend
D'Herbelot himself. A curious fragment (the Taherian and
Soffarian Dynasties) has been lately published in Persic and
Latin, (Viennae, 1782, in 4to., cum notis Bernard de
Jenisch;) and the editor allows us to hope for a
continuation of Mirchond.]