, . ■ • •. , 
- V 
CHAP. XIII. 
• * < 'fill Iii: I i 
j; \ ‘ . * J , * 
r.': > i :j ■< i 
TEHERAN. 
io. 
I. TEHERAN—THE KING'S HAREM-FAMILY-PALACE OF THE 
TAKHT-A-CADJAR-PRODUCTIONS OF PERSIA-MANUFACTURES— 
CLIMATE OF TEHERAN-UNHEALTHINESS-FAITH IN HAFIZ— 
PERSIAN MEDICINE-SUPERSTITIONS-ENVIRONS OF TEHERAN 
-MOUNTAIN DEMAWEND-RUINS OF REY-ANCIENT PERSIA- 
GUEBRES.- II. RANKS IN PERSIA-GOVERNMENT-REVENUE- 
LANDED PROPERTY-ROYAL TREASURE-COINAGE-ESTABLISH¬ 
MENTS OF THE CROWN-POPULATION OF PERSIA-TRIBES- 
MILITARY SERVICE-BODY-GUARDS-GUARDS OF THE CITY— 
PERSIAN DRESSES-CHARACTER. 
Teheran, the present capital of Persia, is situated, as I ascer¬ 
tained by a meridional observation, in lat. 35°. 40. It is in circum¬ 
ference between four and a half and five miles, if we might judge from 
the length of our ride round the walls, which indeed occupied an hour 
and a half: but from this we must deduct something for the deviations 
necessary from the intervention of the gardens, and the slaughter-houses. 
There are six gates, inlaid with coloured bricks and with figures of tigers 
and other beasts in rude mosaic: their entrance is lofty and domed ; 
