MESHED MADER-I-SULEIMAN. 
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nitiire the poor creatures had left, at the same time using the stick 
against them without remorse. The feeling which the modern Persians 
have towards women, is well expressed in the word zaifeh, (from 
zaif, weak, frail, infirm,) which they use in designation of a particular 
woman. It is only in talking of women in general that they use the 
word zenan. Previous to our departure, the Ambassador, unknown to 
the Mehmander, did not fail to indemnify the poor people for their 
losses. 
We remarked a ruin in the plain of Kemeen, which the Persians 
call the remains of one of Bahram’s castles. It is entirely composed 
of sun-burnt bricks, and resembles in general character some remains 
which in my last journey* we saw near Surmek, and which also 
were supposed to be of the age of Bah ram. 
We also passed by an encampment of Eelauts, whose tents were 
pitched in regular order, and looked like the booths of a fair. Their 
whole population came put to gaze at us; and as none of their women 
were veiled, we could remark in om* turn that there was not one who 
had any pretensions to beauty. 
On the 16th we went from Kemeen to Morghaub, and made a di¬ 
version to the left, in order to see the Meshed Mader-i-Suleiman, which 
I have described in my former journal, -f Unseen by our conductors, 
who repeated what I had heard before, that none but women are per¬ 
mitted to enter into this building, we contrived, by a little pressure, to 
force its narrow door, and to gain an entrance. On the side facing the 
Kehleh, (the point to which in prayer the Mahomedans turn,) the 
wall is sculptured with ornaments surrounding an Arabic inscription; 
and in a corner we found a collection of dusty manuscripts, mostly 
transcripts of the Koran, besides a number of little offerings of tin 
lampsj &c. which are generally seen in the religious places of the 
Mussulmans. The body of the saint, we were told, is deposited within 
the roof of the building. 
* Journey, p. 150. 
t Journey, p. \A4. 
