282 TABRIZ. 
Prince, according to the information of his Prime Minister, is as 
follows:— 
Cavalry - -- -- -- -- - - -- 22,000 
Infantry - - - -- - - -- -- - 12,000 
Infantry disciplined in the European manner - 6,000 
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40,000 
The troops under these descriptions are composed principally of men 
furnished in different quotas in lieu of rent by the villages, but paid, 
clothed, and fed by the Prince. But besides this number actually en¬ 
rolled, each man has also a substitute, who is similarly instructed in 
the use of arms, ready to supply his place if he should be cut off in 
battle, or prevented by any other accident. 
Mirza Bozurk, first Minister to the Prince, appeared to me by 
far the most superior man whom I saw in Persia. I brought a present 
to him from the Envoy, which, however, he advised me to offer to the 
Prince in my own name, as it was not the custom in their country to 
pay a visit empty-handed to a person of rank. I resisted this, because, 
in the first place, I saw no necessity for the visit at any rate, as I was 
merely a passenger through the province, and had no business at the 
court. I mention this trait of liberality, because it is so singular in his 
nation. He talked much of the state of improvement in which the 
Prince’s administration had brought the province of Aderbigian; never 
speaking of his own counsels or co-operation, to which so much is 
due, but always referring the whole merit to the talents of his Prince. 
He said, that within one year they had brought their artillery to a state 
of perfection which might rival that of their enemies the Russians; that 
their infantry had now learned the perfect use of arms; and that, by 
the acknowledgment of the Russians themselves, the Persian soldiers 
were now a match, for them. He added, that no pains had been spared 
