A New Account of East India and Persia Being Nine years’ Travels 1672 - 1681

W the various Names Situation and Bounds; the Temper of the Air; of the Seasons and Winds; of the High and Stupe ndious Mounains their Advantage and Conveniency; of the Fruitfulness of the Valleys occasioned by Snow upon the Hills: Of the Vegetables Plants and Minerals; of their Fowl Fourfooted Beasts and Fishes: Their Caravans Mosques Hummums Buzzars Houses and Briages. [...] "Persia according to the present state of the Empire to the North is bounded by the Caspian Sea; southward by the Ocean ; eastward it joyns to the Territories of the Great MoNui; Westward to the Dominions of the Grand Sifnor; the two Empires being parted bythe Rivers Tigris and Euphrates" (Tavernier 141)."THE PRESENT STATE OF PERSIA. [...] The magnificently-arch'd Buzzars which form the Noble Square to the Palace; the several Publick Inns which are so many Seraglios; the stately Rows of Sycamores which the World cannot parallel; the glorious Suminer-houses and pleasant Gardens the stupendous Bridges sumptuous Temples the Religious Convents the College for the Prfessors of Astronomy are so many lasting Pyramids and Monument [...] 274 In the centre of the wall of the mosque facing Mecca is the niche (mihrab) to the right of which is the pulpit (mimbar)."THE PRESENT STATE OF PERSIA. [...] Of Me present Inhabitants; of the Jews being interspersed ever since the Captivity of Babylon ; the custom of exoculatinR their Princes.; Nobility among the Persians ; the Esteem they have of the Eperor's Person being Divine; his Name and Succession: Of the English overthrowing the Portugals rd Ormus ; the Procession of the Court ; its Grandeur and Reception of Ambassadors : Of the Suffees ; o