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menzils or thirty-five fursungs from Shiraz, and about nineteen from 
Persepolis. From Fasa to Firouzabad is four menzils; perhaps twenty 
fursungs. The ruins at both, and indeed in the line between them are 
great. 
A native of Fasa, whom I questioned on the subject, told me that 
the remains at his city were considered more wonderful than any thing 
at Persepolis, except the columns. There are great stones with Perse - 
politan inscriptions. There is a large mound of earth, which, accord¬ 
ing to the people of his country, was transported by Turks from 
Turkish territory. The thaubet or government of this place is the most 
lucrative and respectable about the region. 
Jaffier Ali, Resident for the English nation at Shiraz, informed 
me that the number of the Guebres (worshippers of fire) decrease an¬ 
nually in Persia. They are so reviled and distressed by the government 
that either they become converts to Mahomedanism, or emigrate to 
their brethren in India. Their Atech-gau, or chief fire-temple, a large 
excavation in the ground, in which the sacred element was preserved, 
was at Firouzabad, seventeen fursungs South East of Shiraz. The 
orifice is now closed; and the fire indeed, according to a Mahomedan 
doctor, was extinguished on the day of the birth of his prophet. The 
remains at Firouzabad attest the former importance of that city. Yezd 
is now the great seat of the Guebres and of their religion; but they are 
more poor and more contemned in Persia, than the most miserable of 
the Jews in Turkey. The works of Zoroaster were collected by his 
disciple Jamaz, into a book thence called the Janiaz Namah, which is 
now most scarce. 
II. The only hereditary title in Persia is Mirza or Meerza. The 
derivation of which word is from Emir (Ameer a nobleman) and ZadS 
a son, &c. This species of nobility is traced very far, and is not 
creative. The title descends to all the sons of the family, without ex¬ 
ception. In the Royal family it is placed after the name instead of 
before it, thus, Abbas Mirza and Hossein Ali Mirza. Mirza is a 
