'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.' [‎276] (299/448)

; Memorable Fight in the Calderan Tlains.
Coy and nearer unto Naffivan, where for full fixteen hours a moft memorable field was
fought with fuch fiercenefs and equal refolution that the Turkifh Annals call that battel
the day of Doom : in which fight fuch was the fingular perfonal valour Jfmael exprelfed,
as the Turks themfelves fpare not to give their Enemy high commendations: alfo fo gal
lantly and in fo good order' his Cavalry appeared, that had not the noife of the Turks
Artillery affrighted their Horfe more than their numbers did their Riders 'tis thought the
Terpans had obtained a clearer Vidory,for every fingle Verfian ten Turks being found dead
in the place. Now inafmuch as there was no chafe, hut rather that part of either Army
kept in a body all night until next day they drew off on either fide leaving the Countrey
people to bury the dead, the mattery of the field is not decided by indifferent Writers;
who yet agree in this, That fifteen thoufand men lay dead upon the ground. The Turkiih
Hiftory neverthelefs fpeaks partially in their own behalf ^ but this is equally acknowled
ged, That Selym immediately after the fight ( probably diOiking his churiifla entertainment
and fatisfied with the fight of Ferfm ) retreated with his whole body by the skirts of Arme
nia into Caramania-i by the way caufing Aladedes the Anti-Tauran King to be ftrangled for
his correfpondency with Ifmael and his Nephew Morad. Soon after, with all the force he
could make invading by the treachery of Caer-beg the Sultan of Aleppo he van-
quifhed Campfon Gam and reduced that Kmgdome into a Province, which from Sultan
Saladin Anno Heg. 680. had continued in that race to the year Heg. 896. and albeit the
recovery was in vain endeavoured by Toman 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. -beg, the Turk holds the polfellion unto this
day. While Jfmael retiring to Caahyn took care of his wounded fouldiers, and having-
recruited his Army profecuted the fubjedion of Moz^endram : and that he wight extend
his Empire North and South unto both Seas and withal, for the better prefervation of
his Perfon and Honour 3 and in imitation of the Mamalukes who then guarded the perfon
of the Egyptian King, inftituted a Life-guard called Couzel-bafha's, which at firit con-
fifted of an hundred Horfe, moft of them Georgians ; but fince, the number is increafed
to a thoufand: into which order none are admitted until they are experienced in Arms
and are of more than ordinary repute ; in the execution of which trull they according
ly have extraordinary pay, which they well deferve ; for I have been in the company of
many of them, and at all times found them exceeding civil as well as fociable, and efpe-
cially to ftrangers. P- Jovim and fome others report That in memory of the twelve Sons
of Hoc en Son of Mortis-Ally ( from whofe youngeft Son Mir^a-Mahadin Jfmael drew his
defcent) this order had its beginning, and that their Mandilsor Turbants were folded in
twelve plaits and the tag or point like the end of a Sugar-loaf piercing the Turbantwas
red, and from that colour takes the name of Coozel-bafhes, i. e. Red-heads. Howbeit,
for feveral moneths I was converfant with thefe Coozel-bafhaws inPerfia, and to the heft
of my remembrance never obferved that the fafhionof their Mandil or Turbant was
fuch, or to differ from that form you fee reprefented in this Narrative/^Z. 157. and 216.
and if any difference be it is in the elevation ; but for the tag or point I am fure 1 never:
faw any ^ nor any of that fhape worn, unlefs it be in the Coola or cap that is ufually by
the more inferiour fort worn in Moz,endram and other parts of Perfia, being cloth on
the out-fide and fhag or fine and fhort curling iheeps-fleece on the in-fide, large towards
the Head, fharp like the top of a fugar-loaf at the point, and riling a fpan from the head,
as you may fee refembled/o/. 183. But concerning the name I have the lefs fcruple,feeing
that in Turkiih the word fignifies Red-head: albeit the truth is, when I demanded the fig-
nification of the name from fome of them they pleaded ignorance as we underftand it,
as alfo the ground .of their inftitution.
In that interval, Tabriz, by a party from Dyarbec fuffered by Ebrahim chawn (after
wards a Favourite to Solyman the magnificent) upon the invitation of Vlem-beg a difcon-
tended Perfian , who notwithftanding he had the honour to marry Jfmaels Sifter, yet upon
fome fpecial favour expreffed to Zinal-cham held a treafbnable correfpondence with the
Turk i and not content therewith, fo corrupted Mahomet-Ally-beg then Governour of
Bagdat that the place was treafonably delivered up to Solyman, to the extreme vexation
of the Perfian King and little comfort of Ally-beg-, who fooh after received the reward
due unto fuch treachery. This year Sha-Tamas was born at Ardaveil *, and in the five fuc-
ceeding years after (but by feveral Wives ) Jfmael had JJelcawn, Sormiz^a, and Bacram-
cawn otherwife named Elias-beg, Som-mirz.a^ and Barhon-cawn. Anno Dom. 1520. Selym the
great Turk died, fucceeded by Solyman : Five years after which Shaw-Jfmael died in the
twentieth year of his Reign and fortieth of his age, and was buried near unto his Ance-
ftors at Ardaveil in his place, Tgmas (or Tahamat-Shaw as fome call him) being crow
ned King. ^
Babylon thus taken, it gave the Turk the eafier redudion of Diarbec and part of Chufi-
fian.