(2b)
The
author
of
this
praiseworthy
and
truthful
history,
yourobedient
servant
Mirza
Yusuf
Karabaghi
says:
"Being
a
child,
I
found
myself
inQizilbash
country,
stayed
there
for
seventeen
years
at
Amir
Khan's
house
and
completelymastered
their
language.
Then
working
in
the
office
[of
Amir
Khan]
and
doing
hiscorrespondence,
I
studied
"Histories",
biographies
and
got
acquainted
with
manytribes
and
peoples,
their
beliefs
and
religion".
When
in
1828/1244
the
government
of
powerful
Russian
State
made
peaceagain
with
Qizilbashs,
your
obedient
servant
returned
from
the
Qizilbash
Country
to
hisnative
land,
that
is,
to
Karabagh.
During
the
reign
of
the
celebrated
emperor
of
Russia
Nicolas
IPavlovich,
who
being
very
gracious
oppressed
nobody,
and
caused
no
harm
to
anybody
becauseof
their
faith
and
treated
fairly
with
everybody
in
the
same
way.
In
short,
I
recorded
the
history
of
the
period
from
the
times
of
Adamdown
to
the
sermon
of
Jesus
Christ,
briefly,
in
consecutive
order,
devoid
of
longdescriptions,
to
be
useful
to
everybody.
Nevertheless,
I
was
busy
earning
my
living,
and
my
intentions
remainedunfulfilled
because
of
high
cost
of
living
and
unfavorable
time.
The
realization
of
mydesire
was
deterred.
As
they
say
the
time
has
the
right
to
be
unfavorable.
I
used
to
thinkof
it
until
the
fate
became
propitious
and
I
was
able
to
fulfil
my
aim.
In
1854/1271
according
to
the
suggestion
of
the
fair
nobleman,
mercifulLieutenant
General
Prince
Grigori
Orbeliani,
the
Commander-in-Chief
of
the
army
of
theCaspian
Sea
and
the
governor
of
the
northern
districts
of
Daghestan,
I
was
received
in
hisaudience
and
engaged
in
his
office
to
do
his
correspondence.
Then
I
was
busy
withfinishing
this
book.
So
I
completed
it
by
his
guidance
and
the
hearty
assistance
of
thePrince
Dmitri
Davidovich.
