Observations Made on a Tour from Bengal to Persia, in the Years 1786-7: With a Short Account of the Remains of the Celebrated Palace of Persepolis; and Other Interesting Events |
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Abu Shehr Abul Futtah Khan Ahumud Ali Merdan Ali Murad Khan alſo army aſſembled Buffora building Caliph cauſe celebrated circumſtance cloſe confiderable confifts cuſtom diſtance dreſſed Engliſh eſteem fame feet fent feſtival fide filk firſt fome furſengs Hafiz Hoffein horſes houſe Imaum inſtantly iſland Iſpahan Jaafar Khan juſt Kazeroon Kerim Khan Khan's laſt Mahomedan maſter ment Meſched moſque moſt mountain Murad Khan muſt Nadir Shah Nafir natives neceſſary Nuffir Ullah Meerza obſerved occafion palace paſſage Perfia perſon pleaſing preſent prince purpoſe put to death racter raiſed rauz refidence repreſent reſidence reſpect Sadick Khan ſame ſay ſeaſon ſecond ſeized ſent ſerve ſeven ſeveral Shah Rokh Shah Rokh Shah Sheick ſhip Shirauz ſhore ſhortly ſhould Sir John Chardin ſituation ſmall ſome ſon ſpot ſquare ſtands ſtate ſtill ſtyle ſuch ſuppoſed Tellicherry themſelves theſe thoſe tion tomb troops Turks Twiny uſe Vakeel whoſe Yezzeed Zikea Khan
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Page 205 - ... of the man, and the other upon his right arm. This device is common throughout the palace. Over another door of the fame apartment is a...
Page 188 - Soobh, or the morning prayer; it is faid before fun-rife, after which they eat a flight meal, called Nafhta, or breakfaft; this confifts of grapes, or any other fruits of the feafon, with a little bread, and cheefe made of goat's milk; they afterwards drink a cup of very ftrong coffee, without milk or fugar; then the Calean, or pipe, is introduced. The Perfians, from the higheft to the lowef t ranks, all fmoke tobacco.
Page 153 - ... fcimitar ihould be expofed to it all the night, it would not receive the leaft ruft ; a circumftance I have myfelf experienced. This drynefs in the air caufes their buildings to laft a great while, and is undoubtedly one of the principal reafons that the celebrated ruins of Perfepolis have endured for fo many ages, and comparatively fpeaking, in fo pérfeô a ftate ; that place being fituated in much fuch another valley as Shirauz, and but two days
Page 206 - Vaft numbers of broken pieces of pillars, mafts, and capitals, are fcattered over a confiderable extent of ground, fome of them of fuch enormous fize, that it is wonderful to think how they could have been brought whole, and fet up together. Indeed, every remains of thefe noble ruins indicate their former grandeur and magnificence, truly worthy of being the refidence of a great and powerful monarch ; and...
Page 174 - L t- fcbrpions. ufe of. The perfon who has the power of binding, as it is called, turns his face towards the fign Scorpio, in the heavens, which they all know, and repeats this prayer. Every perfon...
Page 115 - The prefents which the bridegroom has made, are аЦ put into trays covered with red filk, which are carried on men's moulders. After waiting at the door fome time, the bride is brought forth, covered from head to foot in a veil of red filk, or painted muflin ; a horfe is then prefented for her to mount, which is fent thither exprefsly by the bridegroom ; and when fhe is mounted, a large looking-glafs is held before her by one of the bride-maids, all the way to the houfe of her huiband, • as an...
Page 155 - ... and cuftoms, than perhaps has fallen to the lot of moft travellers, I am induced to give the few obfervations I made during that period. The Perfians, with refpeft to outward behaviour, are certainly the Parifians of the Eaft. Whilft a rude and infolent demeanour peculiarly marks the...
Page 148 - Caloonter, or town-clerk, who regulates the duties to be paid to the Khan on all imports: this is, fometimes executed with a feverity which leaves the merchant little or no profit upon his goods. The climate of Shirauz is one of the moft agreeable in the world, the extremes of heat and cold being feldom felt.
Page 222 - ... of ftone, equal in point of durability and hardnefs to the folid rock; and of fuch are the materials of the whole building. Thefe fentiments arofe to me whilft on the fpot, and my opinion was ftrengthened by the fulleft acquiefcence of Mr. Jones, who thought, like myfelf, it was abfurd to give credit to the idea of its having been burnt by Alexander.
Page 167 - ... quick, fiery, and very fenfible of affronts, which they immediately refent on the fpot. They are a brave and courageous people; but I have before faid, that their frequent wars have much depraved their ancient urbanity of manners; and this ferocity of difpofition has alfo introduced a ftrife, peculiar to the lower clafs of inhabitants of Shirauz. When two people begin fighting, it always raifes a great crowd, who generally feparately take the part of one or the other in the...