'Travels from India to England : comprehending a visit to the Burman Empire, and a journey through Persia, Asia Minor, European Turkey, &c., in the years 1825-26, by James Edward Alexander' [‎160] (235/412)

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PERSIA.
CHAPTER VIIL
March from Ispahan Fire Temple Nujufabad Teiran. Askeran......
Domina Wo Nishan Proneness of the Persians to falsehood Ill behaviour
of the Mehmandar Komin Gilpaegah Hoormabad Amarut
Dancing boy Khooshbajan Insolence of the Mehmandar Khoondab
Sickness Kurdahoor Bactiari Robbers Affray with the Townsmen of
Kurdahoor Gallantry of a Tailor Barwund.
On the 28th of July we marched from Ispahan to Nujufabad,
distant twenty miles, on route to the royal camp at Sultaneah.
We passed through Joolpha, and endless avenues, lanes, and
gardens. About two fur sung s distant from the Huft Dust we ar
rived at the Atush Gah, or fire temple; it is seated on the top of a
small and very steep hill, three hundred feet above the level of the
fertile plain of Ispahan. We dismounted and ascended to inspect it.
We found on the summit a number of ruinous edifices, built after the
Babylonish mode of large sun-dried bricks, with a layer of reeds
between. The temple itself was a small circular building surmounted
with a dome, and having nine doors. We disturbed a number of
jackalls on the top of the hill, which commanded a beautiful view of
the city, its numerous suburbs, and highly cultivated environs. The
rock on which we stood was indurated sandstone,.
The road from hence to Nujufabad was intersected by ravines,
water-courses, and dangerous kunauts. On our arrival at Nujufabad
we found it to be a large and flourishing town, and the Kutkhoda's
house.