The Nāṣirī Generations 245.8

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and Kimari or Gimari and Gimāl, &c., as previously stated], son of Yāfis, was addicted to pleasure and jollity, and passionately fond of the chase: and he took up his residence in the part which is known as Bulghār. He had two sons, named Bulghār and Burtās. From the latter are descended the Burtās, whose name is sometimes written with the addition of iān—Burtāsiān, which, probably, is an error for Bāsjirdīān or Bāshghīrdīān, as the Bāshghīrds are of their seed. Burtās took up his quarters on the side of Bulghār, and the taking of furs is attributed to him. Bulghār is the ancestor of the Bulghārs, vulgarly Bulgarians, and therefore they are not Saḳlābs [Slavs]. Some historians are of opinion that the Yūnānīān, and Rūmīān [Ionians and Romans], are descended from Gūmarī, otherwise Kīmāl or Gīmāl, and that Yā-jūj and Mā-jūj [Gog and Ma-gog]—who, probably, are the ancestors of the Samoydes—were likewise sons of Gūmarī. No account whatever is given of the eighth son of Yāfis—Tāraj, Tārakh, or Tūrakh. This is the genealogy of the descendants of Yāfis, son of Nūḥ; but, as such as might be enumerated far exceed all computation, and, as the object of the writers was merely to give an account of the Turks, they give no further details respecting the other sons of Yāfis, but concentrate their attention on the movements of his eldest son, Turk.