"رحلات من الهند إلى إنجلترا: تشمل زيارة إلى الإمبراطورية البورمية، رحلة عبر بلاد فارس، آسيا الصغرى، تركيا الأوروبية وغيرها، في السنوات ١٨٢٥-١٨٢٦، بقلم جيمز إدوارد أليكساندر" [‎١‎٣‎٣] (٤١٢/١٩٤)

PERSIA. 133
Juhan Noomah Garden. There is nothing remarkable about it,
except its being the place where the late lamented Resident of
Bagdad, Mr. Rich, was interred, and also Dr. Taylor. They were
not allowed to rest in peace by the Shirazees •, their grave-stones
were broken, and it was thought advisable to take up their bones,
and transport them to Ispahan for re-interment in the Armenian
burial-ground. They were accordingly disinterred, under the super
intendence of Dr. Reoch, and carefully packed in boxes. I next
went to the Baugh-i-No, or New Garden. There is nothing par
ticular here, except a drawing in the house, representing Sir John
Malcolm having an audience of his Majesty.
The heat of the weather was now very great; the thermometer in
our tents rose daily to 103° and 104°. We were pitched amongst
great quantities of liquorice and camel-thorn.
On the 26th I went to the Baugh-i-No to take the hot bath. I
was first introduced into an outer room, where I undressed, and
then proceeded to the bath-room, which was filled with steam fiom
a great body of hot water contained in a cistern in one corner. I
had no sooner entered than a man came up to me and threw half a
dozen buckets of hot water over me, which nearly deprived me of
breath. I then sat down, and he soaped my head 5 then taking my
hands, he rubbed them with a hair glove: he did the same to my
feet; then more hot water was thrown over me, whilst stretched at
length on my back upon the stone floor. He next applied the co
louring matter, being the pulverized leaves of indigo, which he laid
on in a thick paste upon my mustachios and eyebrows: he then
shampooed me, and rubbed me with the hair glove, which cleaned me
most effectually. My hair was then washed with a scented clay; I
was