'Travels in Assyria, Media, and Persia, including a journey from Bagdad by Mount Zagros, to Hamadan, the ancient Ecbatana, researches in Ispahan and the ruins of Persepolis, and journey from thence by Shiraz and Shapoor to the sea-shore. Description of Bussorah, Bushire, Bahrein, Ormuz, and Muscat, narrative of an expedition against the pirates of the Persian Gulf, with illustrations of the voyage of Nearchus, and passage by the Arabian Sea to Bombay.' [‎334] (365/582)

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VISIT TO THE RUINS OF SHAPOOR.
extending his clasped hands to implore for him also. The dresses
of these were somewhat different; for, though they had each the
short tunic, the straight sword, and a mantle clasped before, in
stead of on, the shoulder, they had high helmets bending forward
at the top, of the oldest Grecian form; the style of countenance
was also different from the three others described, and they had
mustachios, but no beards. Above the head of the chief's horse,
and hovering at the same time over the supplicator, was seen
a winged genius, presenting something, with two broad flying
ribands extending from each end; and, between the head of the
horse and the supplicator, was an inscription, written sideways, in
Sassanian characters.
In the upper left compartment are six men on horseback,
having close, straight, and high caps, not unlike that of the Delhi
horsemen of Turkey, but somewhat lower, and rounded instead of
flat at the top. These have short straight hair, short close beards,
neatly trimmed, smooth at their edge on the cheek, in the manner
of the Turks, and all hold up their right arms, and extend their
fore-finger upwards.
In the compartment below this, are six other horsemen, in
exactly the same dress and the same attitude ; but these have the
bushy hair of their chief, and were, perhaps, more distinguished
guards, as there is only this difference between them and the
others.
In the first upper compartment on the right are three men on
foot, each holding a standard. Their dresses are simply a short
shirt, girded round the waist, and they have no arms whatever.
The first has bushy hair, a long sharp beard, and a high pointed
bonnet; the second has short curly hair, with a very small bush
behind, and no beard, nor any covering on his head; the third,
who holds his standard with both hands, and is standing at ease,
has long curly hair, and a high bonnet, which falls behind at the
point, like the cap of liberty. These two have anklets also.
In the next compartment to this, are three men on foot, with