'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.' [‎360] (426/516)

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AGA KHAN.
his religion. At every place where he found a Mollah he held long
consultations with him upon the nature of his duties. — Whether, during
the Ramazan, he really could without sin eat on the days of travel ?
Whether remaining three days successively at one place he was ob
liged to enter upon his Rouzeh or fast ? Whenever he came to visit
us, he was evidently under restraint, being from civility obliged to
drink our coffee and take our refreshments. Sitting on an English
sofa, he looked fearful lest he might imbibe some contamination, and
when he thought nobody saw him, he blew over each of his shoulders,
as if to keep off the uncleanness of infidels from him. Every good
mussulman being enjoined to make as many converts as possible,
Aga Khan never failed to endeavour to prove the excellence of the re
ligion of Mahomed over every other; but when the arguments that he
urged were disputed, and the falsity of their foundation pointed out, he
was silent, and in extreme surprize to find that any thing could be said
against that which he had ever been accustomed to esteem as the abso
lute and exclusive truth. In regard to miracles, he possessed a degree
of credulity greater than can be conceived. When we talked of the
proofs which our Saviour gave of his divine mission, and of the miracles
which he performed, such as causing the blind man to see, the lame to
walk, the dumb to speak, &c., lie exclaimed, " What are these miracles
" compared to those of our Prophet ? Such as those which you mention
" are performed by our holy men at the present day, and there is now a
" Seyid at Meshed, who only a few months ago restored sight to a girl
"born blind; but did Jesus ever perform a miracle equal to Mahomed,
" who with his finger cut the moon in two ?"
In company with this person, we departed from Demawend on the
22d July, and arrived at the Bagh Shah, computed a distance of fifteen
miles. I he high range of Albours, which surrounds the plain of
Teheran, at Demawend diminishes in size, and is split into smaller
ranges. One ot these stretches to the eastward, and our road led to its
lowest extremity, winding on the northermost side of a valley about
twenty miles in length, and four in breadth. On the opposite side,