‘The perillous and most unhappy voyages of John Struys, through Italy, Greece, Lifeland, Moscovia, Tartary, Media, Persia, East-India, Japan, and other places in Europe, Africa and Asia. Containing, I. Most accurate remarks and observations of the distinct qualities, religion, politie, customs, laws and properties of the inhabitants: II. A due description of the several cities, towns, forts and places of trust, as to their site and strength, fortifications by nature, or art, &c. with other things worthy of note: and III. An exact memorial of the most disastrous calamities which befell the author in those parts (viz) by ship-wrack, robberies, slavery, hunger, tortures, with other incommodities and hardships’ [‎305] (370/470)

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an i the feveral Appartments are divers curious carved works altoge- mc.
ther toliage 3 t lowers and the like. Right over againft this Palace
is a fair Garden or Paradifc ^ almoft 2 Miles in circuit ^ plan
ted with many Fruit-trees as Citrons, Pomegfanats 3 Apples, Pears,
Peaches , Apricocks , &c. And on the outlide round about pleafant
Walks of Cedars and Cyprefs trees. In this City are 2 Maydans.
On the one ftands a Magnificent Hall, full of Shops, wherein are
to be fold Jewels and many other things of value. ]M ear this Exchange The ex.
is a place where they deal altogether in Living Jewels , which are
there to be had at as mean a Price as a Lurcher or Shock upon the
Dog-market at x^Amjlerdam j thele being fuchjewels as we commonly
call Girls of the Game, MifTes, or Cracks, and I know not what
canting names they have now a days for fuch unnatural and fenfual
Proftitutes: The Perjians call them Cahbaha. About Sun-fetthefe are
all brought out and fet in a row by an old Woman they call Deld
who officiates as a Broker Often a local commercial agent in the Gulf who regularly performed duties of intelligence gathering and political representation. . Behind thefe young Females ftand a par
cel of old Women who have by them a Bolfter, a Quilt, a Coverlet,
and a litle Lanthern in the Hand, all Implements for the purpofe.
'Now fo foon as any one coms to view the Merchandife, thefe old
Punks light the Candle , unvail the Face, and fo going from one
to another till he finds one he likes and then ftrikes a Bargain; which
done one of the old Women follows him with the Moveables on
her Shoulder whitherfoever he pleafes, and all with as litle ffiame-
faftnefs as if it were the moft honourable Merchandife in the World.
On the Eaft fide of the City is the Common place of Sepulture:
where alfo lies interred the Body of S the Son of
By whofe Tomb the Perjians fwear, holding it for a moft facred Oath,
and confequently very hainous to violate : and when one defires
another to alTeverate a matter will afk him ,
Holy Grave. In Cafoin are 5 o Churches which ftand open every day,
and are frequented by thofe that go to pray, but the great
or Temple, which they call T^ame, is open one day in Four, when
there is alwaies a great Convent. They have alfo many Baths in
Cajiftn , which are frequented from morning to night.
On the yk -dtio was their E after at which they call B air am, rht Tea ft
or tdram delCarban , which is only a commemoration of ^hrdhavis 'Z 8 * 1 -
Oflenng , who as they fay would have offered up his Son ijhmael,
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