CONTENTS. 
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— Abadeh. — Turkish Tatar from Constantinople. — Illustration of Scripture. — 
Death of artillery-man. — Precautions against the Bakhtiaree robbers. — Account of 
the Bakhtiaree tribe; language; dance; burials; division of the tribe; their in¬ 
subordination. — Fray at Komeisha. — Peishwaz, or deputations from the Governor 
of Ispahan. ................ 113 
CHAPTER Vni. 
Entry into Ispahan. —- Ameen ad Dowlah’s youngest son ; meets the Ambassador; ave¬ 
nues of the city; Persian breakfast. — History of Ameen ad Dowlah. — His visit of 
ceremony to the Ambassador. — Ambassador returns the visit. — Respect of children to 
their parents. — Ruined state of Ispahan; its general appearance; exterior of houses; 
gates. —■ Illustration of Scripture. — Bazars. — White asses; illustration of Scripture. 
— Hezzar derreh. —- Tomb of the Shatir, or Running Footman; his history.— 
Village of Sheheristan. — Shaking pillars at Guladoun. — Atesh Gah, or place of 
fire. — Pigeon houses ; and illustration of Scripture. — Population of Ispahan. — Ameen 
ad Dowlah’s entertainment to the Embassy; illustrations of Scripture. — Uppermost 
place. — Attempts to imitate an English dinner. — Awkwardness of the Persian guests. 
— Fireworks. •— Woman looking out of a window. — Illustration of Scripture. ... 129 
CHAPTER IX. 
Visit to Julfa; remains of its former grandeur; miserable state of the Armenians. — Padre 
Yusuf, and Roman Catholic church; visit him; library of the church; trait of his 
honesty. — Armenian convent; Nuns ; visit of the surgeon to them. — Armenian women ; 
their dress. — Sore eyes, their general complaint.—Death of the Ambassador’s coachman ; 
his burial. — Armenian tombs. — Persian tombs. — Unhealthiness of the climate ; great 
sickness. —■ Ploughing of the ground around Ispahan ; system of cultivation. — Scarcity 
of fuel. — Manufactures of Ispahan ; brocade, satin, velvet, cotton. — Persian manu¬ 
scripts.— Threatened attack of Ispahan by the Bakhtiarees. — A comet seen.—War 
between Persia and Abdurakhman Pasha, a Courdish Chief.—.Its origin. — Conduct 
of Mahomed Ali Mirza............ 146' 
CHAPTER X. 
Departure from Ispahan. — Instance of Persian adulation.— Kashan; its manufactories. 
— Lanterns. — Bagh-i-Feen. — Kanauts or aqueducts. — Illustration of Polybius. — 
Koom.— Mausoleum of Falmeh. — The King of Persia’s conduct at Koom. — Illus¬ 
tration of Scripture. — Mysterious hill. —- Cattle drink salt water. — Persian super¬ 
stition about goules. — The valley of the angel of death. — Illustration of Scripture. ... 160 
