!['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.' [‎210] (231/448)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023517877.0x000001/215.e.12._0231.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.' [‎210] (231/448)")
'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.' [210] (231/448)
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10
Ca^byn.
JEchatan to receive the ten Talents (of our money about three thoufand pounds) Tobias
was to receive from Gabael fon to Gabrias his kinfinan. Their Talent of Silver contained
3000 Shekels, i.e. 375 pounds *, the Greek Talent being but 175 pounds fterlin?-
but a Talent of Gold was twelve times as much. I am not ignorant that fome make
Edijfa in Mesopotamia, to be Rages : but that is unlikely, for then what bufinefs had thev
from Niniveh to go to Ecbatan ? (in the way no doubt or not far deviate to Raves) \
contrary way leading to which was fcituated'twixtT^w and : bcfides
it is faidinthe Apocrypha that Rages was in Media^ which Edijfa is noti and whereas
no part ot Media is nearer than a thoufand miles from the holy City, Edifa is not above
five hundred. In one Author I find it called Hijpian meaning Hijpahan *, and if fo^ he is
much miftaken, that City being two hundred and feventy miles from Cashyn, Whence
the Word Cazhyn is fetcht I could not learn: but I fuppofe from Cowman i. e. a Vale of
Barley ^ as Sheir-van is a Vale of Milk, &c. or elfe from King Cazjvan as they call Acem
keg the Armenian : or may it not be the relid of Catbira an old City which Strabo placed
here ? for if I fhould deduce it from Cha^H as the feventy interpreters tranflate it in
Gen. 38. 5. or from Cafifhia whence feveral of the Levites and Jews tranfplanted by Sal-
manajfar and by order ot Artaxerxes were led back to build the Temple at Jerufalem, as
mE^ra 8. 17. or other wife from Cafapain Hyrcania, as fome have fancied, it would relifh
ot too much affectation. The lignification of Exile is unknown by interpretation or occali-
on to the Inhabitants, except the broacher of that conceit had recourfe to the Idiom of the
old Parthians. Heylm in his Geography makes this City and Spaham one, in which con
jecture he is miftaken.
The North Pole is here elevated 36 degrees and 15 minutes, longitude 85 degrees
30 minutes. By King Tamos (Son of//W/) it was made the Metropolis of this Mo
narchy the better to affront the Ottomans. The Kingdom it ftands in is Media y the Pro
vince Sheirvan, that part which is called Deylan : removed from Tabryz. a hundred and
eighty miles Englifh: from Hamadan (the Sepulture of Queen Efler and Mordecai) a
hundred and ten. Now concerning the derivation of Hamadan, it is obfeure ^ fo that
whether built or named in the memory of Hamdan the fon of Di[an the fon of Seinhe
Horhite mentioned Gen. 36. Itnownof, but famousitisat this day, efpecially for be
ing the burial-place of (born at Samarchand) a man in his time of incompa
rable Learning and Induftry as to Nature^ as may .appear by near a hundred books he
wrote concerning Phyfick and Philofophy, as alfo a Didionary of Stones and Herbs,
Poems concerning the Soul, From Sultany (the refidence of fix Sultans) 'tis ninety,
lome fay fifty v horn Ardavy I (the Seigniory of the Abafims)* eighty, from GheyUn
leventy •, from Eerrabam two hundred ; from Samarchand five hundred from Or mm
eighthundred^ from five hundred ^ from Jeru{aUm* thoufand ^ from Spahawn two
hundred and feventy; from Shyraz. four hundred and ninety; from Kandahor five hun
dred and fitty miles Englifh, or thereupon.
fe^ isat this day for multitude of buildings and inhabitants, the chief in Media,
I eurt0a ^ 0ther Cit y inthe Empire, SpAaw excepted.
ovL looking h 7 even plain, no hill of note in thifty miles conlpafi
srow n2 fhi^ u ^Tfl- Sni ^ lsy ssrain and S ra P es ' but little Wood fawl
UDon whirh rhp m T i Efhejhm f Alexander! Favonritej was buried: but the Monument
to beTiben foY TTrn h Gonqueror expended twelve thoufand Talents is not now
to be If en, for Time has devoured it. It has a fmall ftream flowing from ylbmda
bfSrelhment Wrt' S p VeSt i he dri n kand the Gardens-, from whence
and the Peoples induftry they have abundance of fruits, rice, roots
d flowers m variety. I thmk the reafon why we faw no great Rivers in anv Place is
from their forcing it into Sluces and Channels under the Earth fas Cyras did the deep
River ^W«, which a great Scholiaft wrefts for Ganges inftead ofGv/W*) to bring ft
T0W . nS ashave 110116 butb y that kindf of Derivative:
Countrev is moll k " i r 0 "! Ganges wer iimongft them (I mean where the
oftinms or brancliet wK f 0113 , 7 WOl 1 makethenl MfstheSea in five hundred
I vmpc T p d * fruitsas I remember we fiuv here were Grapes, Orenges,
ASb figs' Goo^^'. Muskand-waterMelons, Plums, acmes,' Set
Walnuts Ahnnnrk anrl erries > Pears^ Apples, Piftachoes, Filberds, Hafelnuts,
came from AnHf ■ P ? m§ran ?: ds ' Da tes there were alfo, but fuchas
with Trees offeveril arc ' < : ns , l "' ,e ? lw ' lere verypleafanti for being furnilhed
fruits and flowed of fpvpr^fFnTw^ 1 ? r®? 1 rpriflgs ' becorae replenilhed with
the warhilncr k* a u c kinds beiides thofe lately mentioned *, which together with
the warbling birds that are numerous there, render the place extraordinary felShtftf
Casbyn
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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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