• Part IL Travels into the Levant 
an Eye over the other Officers of the King's Houlhold : The Mahmmdar 
Bajja^ Mafter of the Ceremonies : The Mmiedgim BaJJa, chief of the Aftro- 
logers ; Hakitn Bafja chief Phyfician, and many more of that nature. 
The Di-va7i Beghi of Ifpahan is another very confiderable Officer, he in- 
di(fls the Chitns or other great men of Perjia who are in dilgrace, and 
from the Dcrcga they appeal to the Divan Beghi; that is therefore a very 
profitable Office, becaufe of the prefents that he receives from all parties ; . 
for when complaints are brought to Court againft any Cban^ he lets 
them come to the Kings Ear if the Chan be his Enemy, or ftifHes them if 
the Chan be his friend : This Officer is chief Juftice, as the name of his 
place very well imports, which is a Turkifh name, and fignifies the Lord of 
the Divan or Council : Befides the Officers I have named there are others 
inférieur, v^hofè places are very well known. 
Every Chan in PerJIa hath his Naz^er, and in every Town there is a 
Dercga and a Divan Beghi ; the Chan puts in the Deroga, and therefore he 
wholly depends on the Chan ; but the King appoints all the Divan Beghis, 
and they depend on none but him. The Deroga is like the Lieutenant cri- Deroga. 
minal in France ; they have recourfe to him for all Robberies, quarrrels, 
aflfaults and batteries, or murders, and he does them Juftice ; it is his care to 
fupprefs publick houfes of Debauchery, and if he catch any man in them, 
he punifhes him by Baftinadoes or a fine, but commonly by a fine; and 
though in the Countrey thele men go plain in Cloaths and without Arms, 
yet it is a great Crime to ftrike them, or do them the leaft hurt. 
Under the Deroga is the Aaias who performs the Office of a Confia- The^^^wj or 
ble ; it is his duty to go the rounds in the Streets in the Night-time with Gonflable, 
his Watch-men, to prevent diforders, and ftop thofe he meets ; and in cafe 
they can give no good reafon why they are abroad at an unfeafonable 
hour, he can commit them to prifbn ' and punifh them. The Deroga pla- 
ces him, and he is in a manner his man ; however he has his Prifbn in every 
Town and Village. 
There is alfb the Kelonter^ ( that's to fay, ) the greateft, and is exaâ:ly the K^hnter. 
fame with the Tribunes of the People amongfl the Romans ; for it is his 
bufinefs to defend the People againfl the Tyrannies of Governours, and to 
take up their little differences. He has confiderable incomes ; for they 
who have any bufinefs to do, make him great prefents, that he may ftand 
their friend with the Chan \ the King alone places the iCe/ow^er in all Towns. 
Each Chan in the chief Town of his Government, has men who every 
Evening , at Sun-fetting and Midnight make mufick with Trumpets, 
Timbrels, and thofc long ftreight Trumpets, which make a hollow deep 
bafe, in the fame manner as at Ifpahan. 
The King makes prefents now and then to his Chans, nay, and to other 
inferiour Governours : but they are dear prefents to them, and if they 
gain honour thereby, the MefTengers that are fent with them reap the pro- The prefents 
fit ; thele prefents are called Kalaats. When I was at Schiras the Vifier of of Vefts or 
that place received one, and I faw the Cavalcade that was made at the K^l^^ts, 
reception thereof, it was juft fiich another as that I fpoke of, which hap- 
pened to be at Ramadan whilfl I was there. The Vifier went to a houfe a The Ceremo- 
little without the Gate by which they enter, that come from Ifpahan ; there ny ofthe 
he put on a Veft of Cloath of Gold, and in that habit made a proceffion the '^"^f- 
whole length of the chief Street, amidfl twenty or thirty of the chief Ci- 
tizens on Horfe-back, who rode all a breafl: ; about two hundred Horfe-men 
went before him, and fome others came after pell-mell, rich and poor toge- 
ther without any order, becaufe all are free to be prefent at that Ceremo- 
ny. He had received another but eight days before, and three days after, 
he was to receive a third. Thefe prefents are very chargeable, for they are 
not fent fo much out of afFedion to thefe Governours, as out of kindnefs to 
fome poor Ferfians, who having accefs to the King's Perfbn, and fblliciting 
him for fome gratuity, obtain from him a prefent to carry, which cofts him 
but httle, to the end they may obtain a greater : This prefent is commonly 
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