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 despatched one of his great generals at the head of 12,000 men, who ravaged the land of Arrân and conquered the region lying between ar-Rass river and Sharwân. Kubâdh then followed him and built in Arrân the city of al-Bailaḳân, the city of Bardhaʿah—which is the capital of the whole frontier region, and the city of Ḳabalah, i. e., al-Khazar. After that he erected Sudd al-Libn [brick dam] lying between the land of Sharwân and al-Lan gate. Along this Sudd, he established 360 cities which fell into ruins after the erection of the city of al-Bâb wa-l-Abwâb.

. Ḳubâdh was succeeded by his son Anûshirwân Kisra who built the cities of ash-Shâbirân and Masḳat, and later al-Bâb wa-l-Abwâb which was called Abwâb because it was built on a road in the mountain. He settled in the places he built a people whom he called as-Siyâsijûn. In the land of Arrân, he established Abwâb Shakkan, al-Ḳamibarân, and Abwâb ad-Dûdânîyah. Ad-Dûdânîyah are a tribe who claim to be descended from the banu-Dûdân ibn-Asad ibn-Khuzaimah. He also built ad-Durdhûkîyah which consisted of twelve gates, each one of which was a castle of stone. In the land of Jurzân he established a city, Sughdabîl, which he populated with a body of as-Sughd [Sogdians] and Persians, making it a fortified town. Next to the Greek lands in the region of Jurzân, he built a castle and called it Bâb Fairûziḳubâdh; another called Bâb Lâdhiḳah; still another Bâb