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Derbend [iron]

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A town on the Caspian, commanding the coast read. DʹHerbelot says: “Les Turcs appellent cette ville ‘Demir Capiʹ (porte de fer); ce sont les Caspiœ Portœ des anciens.”

“Beyond the Caspian’s iron gates.”

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Moore: Fire Worship pers.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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