'A second journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, between the years 1810 and 1816. With a journal of the voyage by the Brazils and Bombay to the Persian Gulf. Together with an account of the proceedings of His Majesty's embassy under Sir Gore Ouseley, Bart. K.L.S. With two maps, and engravings from the designs of the author.' [‎275] (326/516)

MR. BROWN, THE AFRICAN TRAVELLER. 275
waiting our arrival. He had recently arrived from Smyrna, having
taken a direct route through Asia Minor to Tocat, whence he came by
Arze Roum and Erivan. His plan was to endeavour to make his way
into Tartary, to see Balkh and Samarcand if possible, and then to travel
to India. W e had already conversed with the Persian ministers upon
the nature of such an undertaking, and they were decidedly of opinion
that it was impossible. Indeed the Grand Vizier, Mirza Sheifea, said
that he would not give ten shahis for the man's head who went on a
journey to Balkh; consequently we did all in our power to dissuade
Mi. Biown from pursuing his object; but as he persisted, the Ambas
sador immediately made his intentions known to the Persian ministers,
who promised him every assistance. A Mehmandar was to conduct
him to Meshed; a firman A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’). from the King was to be issued to Mahomed
Veli Mirza, Prince Governor A Prince of the Royal line who also acted as Governor of a large Iranian province during the Qājār period (1794-1925). of that city and of Khorassan, ordering that
he should be protected, and forwarded onwards to wherever the Persian
jurisdiction extended. He was dressed as a Turk, and his disguise was
complete. Knowing how much that nation is hated by the Persians,
we entreated him not to travel in that dress, but to adopt either
the English or the Persian ; but, naturally enough, he conceived him
self in safety until he should have reached Teheran, and he deferred
making the exchange until then. He departed from Tabriz, escorted
by two Persian servants whom he had hired for the journey, and went
to the King s camp at Ojan to meet his Mehmandar, and to get his
firman A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’). and letters. He was there detained several days, and tired by
the delay, he set off without his Mehmandar, who was to overtake him
on the road. He had scarcely been gone a week, when one of his ser
vants returned, saying that his master had been robbed and murdered.
Upon investigation we learnt, that on the fourth day's march from the
camp, after having crossed the Kizzil Ozan river, he had been attacked
by a party of ten Persian horsemen, who seized him and his servants,
blindfolded them, tied their hands behind their backs, and carried them
to a lonely valley, at some distance from the high road. In the even
ing they released the servants, but detained Mr. Brown, and niacins
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