CONTENTS. 
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Ancient Persian Sepulture. 528 
Ancient Bas-reliefs at Nakshi-Rous- 
tam. 530 
Baharam and his Queen............ 534 
Second Bas Relief, — Baharam. 537 
Third Bas Relief, — Shapoor and the 
Emperor Valerian. 540 
Fourth Bas Relief, — Baharam Gour... 545 
Fifth Bas Relief, — Ardashir Babigan, 
and Ormuzd... 548 
Sixth Bas Relief... 557 
Persian Tiara. 559 
Fire Temple at Nakshi-Roustam. 562 
Sacred Fire. 564 
Altars in the Rock. 566 
Ancient Religion of the Persians. 567 
Sacrificial Platform on the Rock. 570 
Plain of Merdasht. 571 
Nakshi Rajab—its Bas Reliefs. 571 
Ancient Persian Swords. 575 
Persepolis... 576 
Royal Mountain.. 581 
Artificial Plain, or Great Marble Plat¬ 
form. 582 
Great Platform Stairs. 584 
Great Platform Portal. 585 
Ruins of four Columns. 590 
Second Portal on the Great Platform... 591 
Chehel-minar, or Palace of Forty Pillars 594 
Grand sculptured Stairs leading to the 
Palace. 595 
Descriptions of the Sculptures. 598 
On the meaning of the Bas-reliefs. 625 
Chehel-minar. 631 
Ancient Persian Shields. 643 
Fourth Terrace... 644 
Palace Burnt by Alexander... 646 
Fifth Terrace. 651 
Aqueduct. 654 
Bas-relief of the Persian King. 656 
Ferwer, or Spirit. 657 
Large Square Building..... 662 
Combats of the Pontiff King. 672 
Tomb at the Base of the Royal Moun¬ 
tain. 681 
View from the Great Platform. 683 
Departure from Persepolis. 684 
Stream of Rocknabad. 686 
Henry Martyn... 687 
Shiraz. 690 
Tomb of Hafiz. 694 
Sheik Sadi. 695 
Persepolitan Temple. 699 
Ancient Persian Architecture. 702 
Sculpture at Shiraz. 706 
Fast of Ramazan. 708 
Vale of Shiraz. 709 
Hassan Ali Mirza. 7] l 
Kerim Khan. 712 
Shiraz Swords. 715 
The Bastinado. 716 
Dr. Sharpe. ib. 
Departure from Shiraz, to commence the 
journey towards Babylon. 720 
