"رحلة ثانية عبر بلاد فارس، أرمينيا وآسيا الصغرى إلى القسطنطينية، بين سنتي ١٨١٠ و١٨١٦. مع يوميات الرحلة مروراً بالبرازيل وبومباي وصولاً إلى الخليج العربي. مع تقرير لإجراءات السفارة البريطانية تحت إدارة السير جور أوسيلي، البارونيت، فارس وسام الأسد والشمس، مع خريطتين ونقوش من تصميم المؤلف." [‎٣‎٢‎١] (٥١٦/٣٧٤)

REVENUE OF ERIVAN.
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lation, are numbered separately. Of these at present under the govern
ment of Erivan, are 5000 families, making altogether, with the 74 800
100,000 people.
The Serdar holds his appointment from the King, for which he paid
a very large sum. He possesses the most absolute sway in his govern
ment, and having the power of life and death in his hands, punishes
offenders in the most summary manner. Indeed, the power which he
exercises is little inferior to that of the King and the Princes. Some in
stances are related, in which he exerts a power from which the King has
refrained; for he has been known so much to disregard the Mussulman
clergy of Erivan, as to beat their priests, and to treat them with the
greatest violence.
We were informed that the revenues of his government are reckoned
at about 180,000 tomauns, or 135,000/. * ; a sum which, by extortion,
and the ways and means peculiar to Persia, is much above that which
by right he ought to receive.
The regular revenue of Erivan and its dependent territory, is 100,000
tomauns, which he has increased to 150,000. Some of the districts
are farmed at a stated sum ; of others, he himself collects the revenue.
The district of Sherour he lets for 40,000 tomauns, every thing over
and above which, goes to the farmer, who, it is said, makes 4000 to
mauns by his agreement.
* They are said to be as follows :
150,000 tomauns. Maliat, Sader, &c. taxes on land, &c.
Customs on imports.
Ijareh, or rent of the salt works of Kolpi.
Gratuity from the Persian Government for extraordinary expenses.
Pay as Serdar, from the King.
12,000
6000
6000
600
174,600
The remainder, to make up the 180,000, is received in presents, and in the numerous
tours de baton, so well understood by a Persian Governor.
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