"رحلة ثانية عبر بلاد فارس، أرمينيا وآسيا الصغرى إلى القسطنطينية، بين سنتي ١٨١٠ و١٨١٦. مع يوميات الرحلة مروراً بالبرازيل وبومباي وصولاً إلى الخليج العربي. مع تقرير لإجراءات السفارة البريطانية تحت إدارة السير جور أوسيلي، البارونيت، فارس وسام الأسد والشمس، مع خريطتين ونقوش من تصميم المؤلف." [‎١‎٧‎٢] (٥١٦/٢١٥)

172 AUDIENCE OF THE KING.
expressed the high esteem he entertained for our nation. The Am
bassador seized this opportunity to extol the conduct ot the King s En
voy during his stay in England, to which His Majesty seemed to listen
with pleasure; and then ordered Mirza Abul Hassan Khan to be called,
who soon after appeared, and stood below with his shoes off, by the
side of a basin of water. He then said to him aloud, " AJerin, aferin 9
" well done, well done, Abul Hassan, you have made my face white in
" a foreign country, and I will make yours white in this. \ ou are one
" of the noblest of the families in my kingdom, and with the help
" of God, I will raise you to the dignities of your ancestors;" at which
words the Mirza knelt down and actually touched the earth with his
forehead.
Sometime after this, the Ambassador had his public audience, when
we saw the King in great splendour. He was decked in all his jewels,
with his crown on his head, his bazubends, or armlets, on his arms, seated
on his throne. We approached him bowing after our own manner, but
the Persians bowed as David did to Saul, who stooped with his face to the
earth, and bowed himself, (1 Samuel, xxiv. 8.); that is, not touching the
earth with the face, but bowing with their bodies at right angles, the
hands placed on the knees, and the legs somewhat asunder. It is only
on remarkable occasions, such as that above mentioned of Mirza Abul
Hassan Khan, that the prostration of the Rouee Zemeen, the face to the
earth, is made, which must be the falling upon the face to the earth
and worshipping, as Joshua did. (Joshua, v. 14.) Stated distances were