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This is generally made of cloth, or of shawl or cotton quilted, and, as 
the warmer, is most used in winter. 5. The outer coat is always made 
of cloth, and is worn or thrown off according to the heat of the 
weather. Of this dress, there are many sorts:—the tehneh; which has 
sleeves open from the elbow, but which are yet so fashioned as to 
admit occasionally the lower part also of the arm. These sleeves are 
generally permitted to hang behind. The coat itself is quite round* 
buttons before, and drops like a petticoat over the shawl that goes 
round the waist. The oymeh , which is like the tehneh , except that 
from the hips downwards, it is open at the sides. The haroonee , which 
is a loose and ample robe with proportionably ample arms, gene¬ 
rally made of cloth and faced with velvet, and thrown negligently 
over the shoulders. 6. Over the caba , comes the shal kemer , which is 
the bandage round the waist. This is made either of Cashmirian 
shawl, or of the common shawl of Kerman , or of English chintz, or of 
flowered muslin. The proper size is about eight yards long, and 
one broad. To this is fastened (by a string neatly tied around 
it) a kimjur , or dagger, ornamented according to the wealth of the 
possessor, from an enameled pummel set in precious stones, to a 
common handle of bone and wood. 7- Besides the outer clothes, 
which I have just mentioned, they have also coats trimmed with fur. 
Such is the catebee , which is an uncommonly rich dress, covering the 
whole of the body, with fur over the back and shoulders, fur at the 
cuffs, and fur inside. It is made of cloth of gold and brocades, with 
large ornaments of gold lace in front, and forms altogether the 
most dignified among the habits that I remarked in Persia. 8. They 
have also a short jacket, called the coordee, which fits close to the 
body, but with loose flaps as low as the commencement of the swell 
of the thigh. 9- The warmest of their dresses is a sheep-skin with the 
fur inside, and the leather part outside. It is called, from its sudorific 
qualities, the hummum or bath, but it is more generally named the 
pooshtee or skin. It is an ugly and unpleasant article. The better 
