!['Some years travels into divers parts of Africa, and Asia the great. Describing more particularly the empires of Persia and Industan: interwoven with such remarkable occurrences as hapned in those parts during these later times. As also, many other rich and famous kingdoms in the oriental India, with the isles adjacent. Severally relating their religion, language, customs and habit: as also proper observations concerning them.' [‎167] (188/448)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023517877.0x000001/215.e.12._0188.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'Some years travels into divers parts of Africa, and Asia the great. Describing more particularly the empires of Persia and Industan: interwoven with such remarkable occurrences as hapned in those parts during these later times. As also, many other rich and famous kingdoms in the oriental India, with the isles adjacent. Severally relating their religion, language, customs and habit: as also proper observations concerning them.' [‎167] (188/448)")
'Some years travels into divers parts of Africa, and Asia the great. Describing more particularly the empires of Persia and Industan: interwoven with such remarkable occurrences as hapned in those parts during these later times. As also, many other rich and famous kingdoms in the oriental India, with the isles adjacent. Severally relating their religion, language, customs and habit: as also proper observations concerning them.' [167] (188/448)
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No faith in Fellov, Rulers, Tomr or Sm Nulla fides Regni Soci.V omnifi..
Admits of Conform to pamapate. Impadens Corfonis «it.
lops offfudi branches as he thought might eclipfe his greatnefs-, and fpeedins to ^
ham to juftifie his Title to the Crown, expeding at his entrance to be welcoLd dt
Citizens unadvifedly upbraid him with the death of his Brothe^and old
Mahomet: A reproof unfit for Subjefts to their King i who as Gcrro admomfheV are o
fpeak a> reverently of lum as of the Gods; Which had thefe here obferved t ev had
not fo highly incurr'dhis high difpleafure. being fo inraged,that
Soillj .rhc feven Orbs, MifmUa aad Mahomet, he vows revenge. For a Months fbace
they held out, and defended the City againft the King: but in the end viduals grew
?l 0 a S ? ert | i ns the , Rlver ' ( as when he fo many as
could did fteal away, choofing any hazard rather than to endure a famine. S takes
the advantage of it, and by ftorm enters, killing for two hours Men, Women and CM
fed^U^e^ 5 S 80 What 3 n0ble POet 0f 0Urs in his Mon ^chick
What mifery more great cart he devis'dy
Than is a City when by force furpris'd I
For he commanded forthwith a PiUar to be reared of all the Rebels Heads, as a Me-
monal of his jufticc and their difloyalty: wherein probably he took for example thofe
three Towers of Heads Tamerlane czukd to be eredted of thofe he maflacred at
fcm. And doubtlefs the Tragedy had been aded, had not the Afe/ri (imitating Jure-
Uan, who when he took Thyana, having fworn the death of them all, by a merrv wui
Ration made aU the Dogs to be hang'd up ) in commiferation feigned a vifion from h s
Mphet which declared that fo a Pillar were raifed of Heads, no matter though it were
Beafts heads, and fo he interceded for pardon: to which. after fo fufficient flaush-
ter condefcendedj forthwith commanding a fpeedy deftruftion of all kind ofBeafts,
(the innocent fuffenng for the nocent,) of whole heads and thofe Men already flain this
Monument of mercilefs mercy was reared, out-braving for height many inw
ham, though now grown ruinous. In this cafe Cicero Ck. fayes well: In great Re
bellions not all but fome few are to be punilht for example fake: ad paucos eli
terror ad omms. Such another is in Sumachy 'twixt Erez. and Derhenr, upon the like oc-
cafion; which fome would have to be dedicated to the Sun, like thofe-four OheUsks
each of which was forty cubits high, raifed by Soothe o<£m«^King as an expreffion
of his zeal to that Deity, as Bin, lib. 3 6. c. 8.
. Jhe fcite of fdphey refembles Per a which is oppofite to ConfflminopU, or as
is to London ; the River Smderout mterpofing. 'Tis called a Suburb, as be thofe other of
Cmer-abaut, Abbas-abaut, Chanz.-ahant, Az.en-aba and Cheioh-Saban-, though indeed
they are moll peopled with Men of one perfwafion. Jehhty is governed bv a oe
cuhar Podeftate, an Armenian Chriftian Prince (as they Itile him) 'Hodpe-Naz.ar hv
name, (though a Merchant by Profeffion) having fuperintendency over them: He and
his enjoy freedom of confcience; but for money-matters and publick taxes are at the fole
i P n, n 0 ^- g ', ■ In 7^ (named fo from another of that name in
the People inhabiting this Suburb are numbred ten thoufand • and in 4000.
ramilies. By fome 'tis written Golf a and Chmlfa but I have better hit our Dialect/ The
Jelfhelyns are habited like the Per fans, but differ in alped j molt of thefe and the
mhaving brighter hair and greyer eyes. They are for the molt part Merchants, many
ot them Faftors for the King, who exadts an account efpecially at their death; and if
or confiderable Eftates, declares himfelf heir, and difpofes of what he thinks bell, none
daring to contradid him. They profefs Chriftiamty y taught them erronioufly by Jaco-
bm Syrian Monothelite ; and have two Protomifis, one in J elf hey, the other fometimes
at Sis near Tharfas, other times at Ecmeafm not far from Rivan, as with their Tenents I
have fpoken of.
Gower~abaut{ another Suburb) takes its Name from the Govers that inhabit if 7 nick
named from their Idolatry, being reliques of the ancient Perfians, fuch as at this day
the Perfians be in India. The Perfians have them in fmall account ■, partly for that they
are the o^iginary People of that Countrey partly for that by their induftry they fhame
the perfians in their idlenefs. Thefe (if we may credit Tradition) differ from all other
Gehtiles, in that they never built any Temple to the Sun, as moft Idolaters have done,
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Some years travels into divers parts of Africa, and Asia the great. Describing more particularly the empires of Persia and Industan: interwoven with such remarkable occurrences as hapned in those parts during these later times. As also, many other rich and famous kingdoms in the oriental India, with the isles adjacent. Severally relating their religion, language, customs and habit: as also proper observations concerning them.
Publication Details: London : printed by R. Everingham, for R. Scot, T. Basset, J. Wright, and R. Chiswell, 1677.
Edition: In this fourth impression are added (by the author now living) as well many additions throughout the whole work, as also several sculptures, never before printed.
Notes: Numerous engraved illustrations, including maps, views of cities and animals, printed within the text. Engraved plate entitled "Rvines of Persæpolis" is signed "W. Hollar fecit 1663". Misprinted page number: 711 instead of 117. Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Physical Description: [6], 399, [21] p., [4] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., maps ; 32 cm. (fol.)
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- 'Some years travels into divers parts of Africa, and Asia the great. Describing more particularly the empires of Persia and Industan: interwoven with such remarkable occurrences as hapned in those parts during these later times. As also, many other rich and famous kingdoms in the oriental India, with the isles adjacent. Severally relating their religion, language, customs and habit: as also proper observations concerning them.'
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