2 I Q The Pe r s i a n Trawls Book V; 



about any buOnefs, unkls he were firft preirnted j and he paid no body ^T 

 out making (ome advantage of ir. Every bodv had reafon to cotriphu • V er 

 no perfon knew how to come ar the King ro make their complaints. At length 

 they bethought themfelves of making ihcir application to two black Eunuch* 

 who had the Kings ear in the night. One was call'd slga-Saron , who Wa , 

 the Meter or Matter of the Wardrobe ; and the other siga-Kafonr, or high 

 Ireafurer. Thefe two Eunuchs feeing the King in a good humour one night- 

 let fall certain words concerning tlie Na^ar, and his management of aflairs W 

 thence Hid into a difeourie ofhis injullice, thai caus'd the people to cryout aeajnft 

 h lm, and fpeak evil ofhis Government. Now it happen'd one morning that the 

 King intending to go a hunting, the Grand Matter, who had always a large train at 

 tending him, coming to the Kings Tent, the Meter denyM him entrance About 

 the fame time the King came forth, and feeing the Naz.tr, commanded his Officers 

 to take oft the Bonnet from the head of that Dog that took Gifts from his 

 people j and that he mould lit, three days bareheaded in the heat of the Sun 

 and as many nights in the Air. Afterwards he caus'd him to be chained about 

 the neck and arms, and eondemn'd him to perpetual imprifbnment, with a Ma- 

 moudv a day for his maintenance \ but he dv'd for grief wi:hin c'wrht davs 

 after he was put in prifon. ' 



fafcr-ICw, being a generous Lord, aotf one that kept a magniiiccnt train was 

 Governour of 4fier4at. At tint he was very mild, but at lair he began to 

 cxaft fuch fums from the people, that his oppreffiorts were very heavy • nor 

 were thefe violences of his conceal'd from the Kings ear j who being one dav 

 drinking with fome of his Lords, and feeing the Matter of his Mulick in the 

 Room who was a merry droll, and had always fome oleafant news or other 

 to tell the King } hisMaiefty was pleas'd to ask him, what the people faid of 

 -[tjer-Kan- adding withal!, that he had made him Governour of feveral Pro- 

 vinces and 1 lid never heard any complaint of him before, but that now he was 

 accuse! of ftrangely tyrannizing over the people. The Mufick Matter being a 

 meer flatterer, and knowing that Jafer-Kan was extreamly belovM by the Kin? 

 confidently averrd, that the Governour was falfly accus'd, and that he had al- 

 ways known him apter to give than to receive. There was at the fame time 

 in the Room, tn-jjgis call'd Manouc bar- Kan, lately return'd from a Pilgrimage 

 tQ*M&ea} him the King alfo ask'd, what was his opinion offafer-Kan, and his 

 Government, being a perfbn that had been long acquainted with him 5 to whom 

 the ylgis, thinking to pleafe the King,, retum'd rfio&me anfwer tfcu the Mu- 

 fick Matter had giv'n. Whereupon ri;e King, who had been wUl bfbrm'cFof 

 the Kans behaviour, turning toward the Lords that were prefenr, what think 

 )cn t Jatd he of theje two Flatterers, that abfilatefy hp>W the contrary to what 

 t-icj frcAkJ And at the fame time commanded two of the Mufick Matters 

 teeth to be pull d out of his mouth , end ro be d:iv'n into the head of the 

 *gisi which had like to have cott bin hi* life, being a very old man. As for 

 t*g***,m )e wasdifgrae'd for a time, but being a j.erfoa endow'd with noble 

 qualities, valiant, generous, and pleafing in conversion, he was recalfd to Gourt, 

 and knew lo well how to make his tale good, that his Majeity gave him the 

 Government of ShcmeloitOofian, of which Semerau is the Capital City. Shemelou- 

 topan fignihesa Country manur'd to bear fruit. Nor is there any Province in 

 Ferfia that fo abounds in Paftures and Catties, that daily fall to ruine 



'fajer-Aan being rettor'd to favour, the King fent for feveral Lords of the 

 Court to come and drink with them. He alfo commanded five French Artifi- 

 cers which he had in his fervice to wait upon him, a Goldfmith nam'd Sain, ' 

 two Watchmakers Lagis and Farm, r,nd two Musket-makers Afarait and Ber- 

 nard. After they had heated themselves a little with Wine, the King drew a 

 Ruby out from oft his finger, which I fold for him a hundred Tomans, and a Dia- 

 mond jewel worth thirteen or fourteen hundred Tomans, which he gave to 

 i^r-Kan, with whom he was whifpering at the fame time. Now though the 

 Aaz.ar were at a dittance, yet without doubt fomewhat of the difcourfe was 

 heard j inomuch that the Wine emboldning him, he told the King aloud, that 

 if he would let him have but four thoufand Horfe, he would cut all that Rab- 

 ble ;o pieces. The King bid him hold his tongue and go to fleep $ teftifying 



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