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Before the throne was a cushion of olive- 
coloured satin, embroidered with three 
rows of pearls, besides a number scattered 
all overit. The king sat with his back 
leaning against the throne, and thus he 
was a spectator of the festival during the 
three days. After he had retired to his 
palace, he sent for the ambassador at the 
hour of evening prayer; he was intro- 
duced into an apartment of about ten 
cubits square; the cieling and the walls 
of this cabinet were covered with plates 
of gold, fastened with nails of the same 
nietal ; these plates of gold were as thick 
as the blade of a sword; there were four 
raised seats, and the king sat on a golden 
throne of great value and beautiful work- 
manship, facing the door. He then con- 
versed with Abdulrizak, on the subject of 
Shah Rokh’s person, the great lords of his 
court, his troops, the number of his ca- 
valry, and the state of his principal cities, 
such as Samarcand, Herat, and Shiraz. 
To prove his esteem for the Persian Mo- 
narch, he said that he would send him 
several elephants, valuable stuffs, and 
other presents, by an ambassador of great 
wisdom and discretion, whom he had 
chosen for the purpose. 
A favourite, who acted as interpreter, 
said to Abdulrizak, that Persia could not 
exhibit so beautiful or magnificent aa 
apartment; the ambassador immediately 
replied, that they could easily make one 
in Persia, as rich and as handsome, but. 
that it was not according to the custom 
of his country. ‘This answer pleased the 
king, who dismissed Abdulrizak with a 
present of fenem, betel, and fruits from 
his table. 
There happened to be at this time, 
some natives of Hormuz, resident at Bis- 
nagor; they became extremely jealous 
of the friendship and respect, which: the 
king expressed for the ambassador, and 
the connexion which he was engaged in 
establishing between the two courts: 
they endeavoured by al! means to discon- 
certhis projects, and even insinuated that 
Abdulrizak was not ambassador from 
Shah Rokh. Thisreport reaching the ears 
of theBrahmins and ministers,caused hiin 
much uneasiness during the absence of 
King Dananyk, who was obliged to ua- 
dertake an expedition against Kelborkah: 
but at his return, he made amends for 
the condnet of the Brahmins and mini- 
sters; he caused seven thousand fenems 
to be coined for Abdulrizak, at the mint, 
and then appoimted an ambassador to 
Shah Rokh,two natives of Khorasan, esta- 
blished at Bisnagor, named Khojch Ma- 
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Abdulrizak’s Travels from Persia to India. 291 
soud, and Khojeh Mohammed. These 
were charged with many valuable pre- 
sents, and they were to be accompanied 
by Hhemayeddin, envoy from Fetah 
Khan, of the race of Firouz Shah of Delhi, 
who had brought a letter and some gifts, 
At his audience of leave, the king said 
to Avdulrizak, “1 have been assured, 
that the Persian monarch did not send 
you to us as his ambassador, otherwise 
you should have been treated with greater 
distinction; but if you come again with 
such an appointment from Shah Rokh, it 
cannot be doubted, you shall experience 
proots of our munificence, suitable to our 
power and generosity.” In the letter 
which he sent to Shah Rokh, he noticed 
the insinuations of the people of Hor- 
muz, on the subject of Abdulrizak, and 
mentioned the presents of which he was 
the bearer. 
Chap. VI.—The ambassador having 
made the necessary preparations for his 
journey, set out from Bisnagor on the 
12th day of Shaban, (December 1443) 
in company with the other envoys, and 
travelled during eight days without halt- 
ing. On the first of Ramazan (January 
1444) he arrived on the coast of the sea 
of Oman, at the port of Kanor: there he 
formed an acquaintance with Emir Seid 
Ala Eddin, a native of Meshed, in Kho- 
rasan, who was an hundred and twenty. 
years old, and for a long time was in the 
highest esteem, both amongst true be- 
lievers and infidels; his decisions were 
considered by them as sentences pro- 
nounced in courts of law. Khojeh Ma- 
soud, one of the ambassador’s froin the 
king of Bignagor, died during their stay at 
this port; whence, having passed there 
the fast of Ramazan, and the Beiram, 
Abdulrizak proceeded to Bender Manor, 
_ where he Jaid in a stock of sea-provisions 
for twenty persons, during forty days, 
Whilst waiting for the vessel, he consulted 
the book of Omens, or Presages, com- 
posed by the Imam Sadik, from texts of 
the Koran. The passage on which Abdul- 
rizak opened, was the following verse— 
“Fear not: for thou shalt escape from 
the tyrannical people;” he was ar once 
surprised and pleased; and entertained 
strong hopes ofescaping the dangers of a 
sea. voyage, and arriving prosperously at 
the end of his journey. Accordingly, he 
embarked on the 25th of Zulkadeh (Fe- 
bruary 1444). After some days, astorm 
assailed jhe vessel, which was often on 
the point of sinking; but by throwing 
dverboard several articles of merchandize, 
and other things, they escaped the tem- 
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