'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.' [‎391] (462/516)

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MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCFS SISTER.
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the marriage of his sister to a Cajar nobleman; and as it is the custom
in Persia for brothers not to appear at the rejoicings which take place
on such an event, His Royal Highness had surrendered his palace in
the city to be used for the celebration of the nuptials, and had taken
up his residence in a pleasure house, surrounded by extensive gardens,
situated without the walls. On my arrival, I informed the Prince, that
as Mr. Willock was bearer of a letter and a present to him from His
Royal Highness the Prince Regent *, I requested he would appoint a
suitable hour for receiving us, that we might present these marks of
friendship in due form.
We were appointed to come on the following day in the morning,
which we did in great procession. On reaching the Prince's dwelling,
we found all the disciplined troops in his pay, then at Tabriz, drawn
up in front of it. The room in which he was seated was entirely open
on the side facing the troops; and as soon as Mr. Willock and I entered,
the one bearing the Prince Regent's letter and the other the present,
he immediately stood up, and when he advanced towards us, the whole
of his troops presented their arms, their colours were lowered, and mili
tary music resounded in all parts of their line. We had always re
marked, that every time we returned to Tabriz, we were struck by
some new step towards the manners and civilization of Europe, and this
mark of the Prince's attention, so neatly and appropriately displayed
towards our own Regent, gave us the greatest pleasure, and we did not
fail to make our consequent acknowledgements for it.
Our time was taken up during the few days that I remained at Tabriz,
in attending the different entertainments given by the Persian noble
men on the occasion of the marriage. The Governor of the city, Fatteh
Ali Khan, gave a breakfast, where dancers and jugglers were intro
duced. On the day in which the marriage was to be consummated,
Abbas Mirza made a distant excursion to hunt, and did not return until
* The present was composed of a gold snuff-box, superbly set in brilliants, with a picture of
the Prince Regent on the lid.