A second journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, between the years 1810 and 1816. With a journal of the voyage by the Brazils and Bombay to the Persian gulf. Together with an account of the proceedings of His Majesty's embassy under His Excellency Sir Gore Ouseley ... / By James Morier ... With two maps and engravings from the designs of the author.

  • Morier, James Justinian, 1780?-1849.
Date:
1818
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A second journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, between the years 1810 and 1816. With a journal of the voyage by the Brazils and Bombay to the Persian gulf. Together with an account of the proceedings of His Majesty's embassy under His Excellency Sir Gore Ouseley ... / By James Morier ... With two maps and engravings from the designs of the author. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    — Abadeh. — Turkish Tatar from Constantinople. — Illustration of Scripture. — Death of artillery-man. — Precautions against the Bakhtiaree robbers. — Account of the Bakhtiaree tribe; language; dance; burials; division of the tribe; their in- subordination. — Fray at Komeisha. — Peishtvaz, or deputations from the Governor of Ispahan 113 CHAPTER VIII. Entry into Ispahan. — Ameen ad Dowlah’s youngest son ; meets the Ambassador; ave- nues of the city; Persian breakfast. —- History of Ameen ad Dowlah. — His visit of ceremony to the Ambassador. — Ambassador returns the visit. — Respect of children to their parents. — Ruined state of Ispahan ; its general appearance; exterior of houses ; gates. — Illustration of Scripture. — Bazars. — White asses; illustration of Scripture. — Hezzar derreh. — Tomb of the Shatir, or Running Footman; his history.— Village of Sheheristan. — Shaking pillars at Guladoun. — Atesh Gah, or place of . fire. — Pigeon houses; and illustration of Scripture. — Population of Ispahan. — Ameen ad Dowlah’s entertainment to the Embassy; illustrations of Scripture. — Uppermost place. — Attempts to imitate an English dinner. — Awkwardness of the Persian guests. — Fireworks. — Woman looking out of a window. — Illustration of Scripture. ... 129 CHAPTER IX. Visit to Julfa; remains of its former grandeur; miserable state of the Armenians.—-Padre Yusuf, and Roman Catholic church; visit him; library of the church; trait of his honesty. — Armenian convent; Nuns; visit of the surgeon to them. — Armenian women ; their dress. — Sore eyes, their general complaint.—Death of the Ambassador’s coachman ; his burial. — Armenian tombs. — Persian tombs. — Unhealthiness of the climate ; great sickness. — Ploughing of the ground around Ispahan ; system of cultivation. — Scarcity of fuel. — Manufactures of Ispahan ; brocade, satin, velvet, cotton. — Persian manu- scripts. — Threatened attack of Ispahan by the Bakhtiarees. — A comet seen. — War between Persia and Abdurakhman Pasha, a Courdish Chief. —• Its origin. — Conduct of Mahomed Ali Mirza 146 CHAPTER X. Departure from Ispahan. — Instance of Persian adulation.— Kashan; its manufactories. — Lanterns. — Bagh-i-Feen. — Kanauts or aqueducts. — Illustration of Polybius. — Koom.—Mausoleum of Fatmeh. — The King of Persia’s conduct at Koom. — Illus- tration of Scripture. — Mysterious hill. — Cattle drink salt water. — Persian super- stition about goules. — The valley of the angel of death. — Illustration of Scripture. ... 160