"رحلات جون ستريز المحفوفة بالمخاطر والأكثر تعاسة، عبر إيطاليا، اليونان، لايفلاند، موسكوفيا، تتاريا، ميديا، بلاد فارس، الهند الشرقية، اليابان، وغيرها من الأماكن في أوروبا، أفريقيا، وآسيا. تحتوي على، I. أكثر الملاحظات دقة للصفات المميزة، الدين، تنظيم المجتمع، التقاليد، القوانين، وممتلكات السكان؛ II. وصف وافٍ للعديد من المدن، البلدات، الحصون، وأماكن المعالم التاريخية، بخصوص موقعها وقوتها، وتحصنها بالطبيعة، أو الفن وغيرها، مع أشياء أخرى جديرة بالملاحظة: و III. مذكرة دقيقة بأكثر الكوارث المفجعة التي شهدها المؤلف في تلك الأماكن (ومنها) حطام سفينة غارقة، عمليات سرقة ونهب، الرِق، الجوع، والتعذيب، بالإضافة إلى العديد من الأمور الأخرى المزعجة فضلًا عن المصاعب الأخرى" [‎٢‎٨‎٩] (٤٧٠/٣٥٤)

C hap . XXVIII. The Voyages of lobn Stmys. z8p
or Sspulchre whence the King himfelffhould want the Heart to fetch
him out by force.- Coming from this (jMajdm or Sanflruary, you com
to the Bafir, or great Market-plain. On this Plain is reared a very
magnificent and fumptuous Building, four fquare, in which , as in
our Exchanges, are fold all manner of coftly Wares and rich Mer
chandizes , as Cloth of Gold and Silver, Jewels, Precious Stones,
Tapeftry, Silks, &c. This Place they call the Kayjery. Behind this
you find three Streets, almoft arched over, in which there are many
Shops ftored with Wares of lefs value. The or Inns,
of Ardehil are very numerous , and thofe frequented each with a
diftin£t fort of People, as Turks , T and who lojourn
to and again, upon the account of Merchandife. In ^rdebilare many
fair Met^ds , or Temples\ whereof one they call <^idtne furpafles
all the reit , being founded upon the Top of a Hill in the middle of
the Town, and befides that graced with a pompous Tower, which
outbraves all the reft in the City, rearing its Top aloft to an excee
ding great Height. This Temple is thought worthy only to be
vifited on Fridays, which according to the Inftitutionof
is their Sabbath j and from hence it has it's name. Before this Tem
ple is a Fountain brought by an Aqueduct from a Place about 5
\_Englifh~\ miles without the City, at the Charges of Muhamed Rifa the
Rochtaf, or Chancellor of PcrJIa. The defignthereofis that every one
willing to vifit the Holy Sepulchre mull firll walh himfelf there.
• CHAP. XXVIII.
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HadziByram^^ to perform his Religious Duties at the Sepulchre c/Zeydc TzcbraVl.
The Author begs of his Lord, that he maj he SpeBator of the Ceremonies, ivhich
At lafl after rnanj intreaties is granted. :A Defcription of that noble Maufo-
leum. Famous Baths in Ardebil. The Sulphurous Baths whither the Author
accompanies his Patron. The manner of ufing thofe Baths, The flupendious
And fumptuous Sepulchre ^ Scach Sephy defcribed. The great Zealand Devo
tion of HadziByram. The Oratory y or Houfe of Prayer, Hvhere (as they fay)
Schach Sephy prayed and fafied for 40 Days together without Intermiffion,
ufing only a Cup of Water every day. Doors covered with Plates of Gold by Schach
Abas. The Library and Repofitory of the TJtenfils for the Kings Table. The
Garden or Tardwhtre the Perfian Kinvs lie interred. The names of the 1 z Kings
Oo that