"سرد لإقامة في كردستان وفي موقع نينوى القديمة؛ مع مذكرات رحلة إلى بغداد عبر نهر دجلة ووصف زيارة إلى شيراز وبرسبوليس." [‎٢‎١‎٢] (٤٥٠/٢٤٧)

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aga manutchehr.
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is a flue bed of fragrant toolsee, or marvel ot Peru,
just before my window.
Tell Bell we have admirable provisions here—
mutton finer than our best Arab, the best nectarines
and pears I have tasted out of England. Peaches
are just coming* in, and promise well; kishmishes
pretty good; grapes not yet in; capital bread; very
delicate cheese; airan, or buttermilk; and snow in
abundance.
I have not yet taken a review of the bazars, or seen
the curiosities procurable here. The Vizir hinted
that he would pay me a visit, and that the prince
would be glad to see me, but I mean to avoid both
if I can.
Auguat 7.—I have just had a visit from Aga
Manutchehr, the brother of your friend at Bagdad,
Mrs. Elias, the sister-in-law of Coja Yusuf Andrea.
He is a handsome, gentlemanlike young man. The
Prince forced him to become a Mahometan once,
but seems really to care so little about it, that Aga
Manutchehr occasionally goes to the Armenian
church. The family anxiously inquired about the
sister, and seem highly displeased at her having
married a Catholic. Aga Manutchehr seems in
high favour here.
I have also had a visit from a little boy, a son of
Mahommed Nebbee Khan, by his Shirauz wife, or
your friend Bebee Hanifa's goonnee *, whom the
* The designation of the second wife among the Mahometans.