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of the building. Before the reign of Kerim Khan, there were the 
bazars of the shoemakers, tinmen, crockery-ware-dealers, and poul¬ 
terers, and about seven others : after his time the Bazar Saduck Khan 
was built; but the most extensive, as well as the most beautiful of all, 
was that already described, founded by Kerim Khan himself, and 
Called the Bazar-a-Vakeel. 
Of the caravanserais , the KaisariSh Khoneh , built by Imaum Kouli 
Khan, and now in mins, is the most ancient. There is another old 
structure, which was restored from a state of great decay, and assumed 
the name of its second founder Ali Khan. There are five others, of 
which one is called daphaugaun , or the dressers of sheep-skins for caps; 
another dakaukha, or dyers; another Hindoohan, where the Hindoos 
reside. These were all built before the accession of Kerim Kiian, a 
date at which the splendour of Shiraz revived. He added two within 
the city, and one beyond the walls, and others have since been 
erected. 
The same Prince enriched his capital with three public baths, two 
within and one without the town. Four have since been raised, but 
there were already, before his reign, nineteen similar foundations. 
There are several mausolea in Shiraz ; the most, distinguished of 
those without the walls is that of Hafiz : there is also beyond the 
city, that of Mir Ali, son of Mirza Hamza, and grandson of the 
Imaum Musa. 
In an evening ride we visited the environs, and, leaving the city by 
the Ispahan gate, crossed a bridge in very bad repair. The torrent 
(over which it was thrown) in the day of Chardin passed through the 
town; it now flows in solitude, a mournful proof of the decay of Shiraz « 
We came to the Mesjid Shah Mirza Hamza, a mosque erected by. 
Kerim Khan, in a separate chamber of which are laid the remains 
of his son Abdul Rakeem Khan. In the front court is an old and 
majestic cypress. Although some parts of the fabric are in decay, it is 
still beautiful. Its walls are built of the fine brick employed in all 
the public works of its founder, and, indeed, in the best houses of 
