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CHAP. XIV. 
TEHERAN TO TABRIZ. 
DEPARTURE FROM TEHERAN-PLAIN-TUMULI-CASVIN—SU LTA- 
NIEH; TOMB OF SULTAN MAHOMED KHODABENDEH; CITADEL? 
NEW TOWN OF SULTANABAD-MARMOTS-KING’S PLEASURE- 
HOUSE-ZENGAN-ELAUTS—INSCRIPTION AT ARMAGHANEH— 
RIVER KIZZXL OZAN--MIAUNEH-DISPUTE-ESTABLISHMENT 
OF COURIERS-CARAVANSERAI*—WOMEN IN PERSIA. 
The 7th of May 1809, which (as being the festival of Omar-Coushen 9 
or the killing of Omar) was considered a very lucky day, was at length 
fixed for our departure. Mirza Abul Hassan (the Persian Envoy 
Extraordinary) and I sent on our baggage in the morning to Imaum 
Reza , about three miles from the city, and followed ourselves at five 
o'clock in the evening. I was accompanied by my best of friends. Sir 
H arford Jones and the rest of his suite, and we had our parting 
dinner in a tent which he had pitched there for the purpose. 
The spot at which we stopped was the tomb of a son of Imaum Reza t 
frequented as a place of devotion. It is a square building, covered 
with a cupola, and enclosed in a square by a wall; beyond which, in a 
row on each side, are some young trees and shrubs and flowers. The 
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