‘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’ [‎322] (389/470)

3,1 r The Voy ages of Strays. V o y . HI.
from all Couatreysia the World, fo that above all other Vocations
the Inn-keepers generally thrive the beft, and by their great doings
accommodate all Ferfons to their full Content; The here
are more fumptuous by far than either thofe of or any other
City in Perfu. They are for the moft part fquare, fom of them having
4 or 5 /Galleries abov one another , and thofe furniflied with very
commodious Appartments, and for their better Security for Theeves
arefurrounded with high Stone Walls.
In l/pahanare alfo many fair Buildings, beiides what are already
remembredj amongft which the T.ibenk Kale ^ or Fort Royal where
the Kings Trefury is, is one of themofteminent, fituatedbetween
the Falace and the Heftz,id UMchedi , which is both munited with ftrong
Walls, guarded continually with a fufficient Body of Soldiery, and
has plenty of Brafs Cannon.The fame alfo ferves for a Magazin or R.e-
pofitory of Armory. There are alfo two fair Chriftian Mouafteries s
the one for the Carmelites and the other for <^dngttJhnhAonks.
Thefe with many other fair Buildings , too tedious to recount,
are within the Walls. There are alfo many fplendid Files of Buil
dings without in the Suburbs, which they call the In the
Suburbs arc two eminent Wards, to wit, Tnilfa. and Cmlfa , moftly,
or altogether inhabited by the ArmenianChnltians, who are reputed
the ableft Merchants in Ifpahan , being tranfported hither by
Abas from their own Countrey, and have fince injoyed fundry Im
munities, and have a Governour of their own , which they call Da-
ruga who muft bring up 200 Tumain yearly contribution to the King,
which is taken out of their Fublic Stock. The private Dwelling-
Houfes of thofe Armenians do equal, or rather furpafs thofe within
Walls for fplendid ftructure. On the one fide of the River
is another Place , called Tabri- or for that
had allotted the Feople of Tabris this Fart of the Town to dwell in.
Another Ward, orQiiarterofthe Suburbs is called Hajfembath , which
is moiUy inhabited by the Georgian Chriftian s , commonly called
Trurtz>i, Thefe as well as the Armenians are great Merchants, being
alfo highly in favour with the King, not only for the vaftTribute
which they pay , but afwel for their Loyalty and good deportment;
and thefe are the only Chriftians who are tolerated to live within the
Walls, and have a Quarter of the Town allotted them near the