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'A Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, in the years 1808 and 1809, in which is included some account of the proceedings of his Majesty's Mission, under Sir Harford Jones, Bart., to the Court of the King of Persia. With twenty-five engravings from the designs of the author; a plate of inscriptions; and three maps.' [‎188] (259/524)

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188
TEHERAN.
and went through their exercise as we passed. About thirty paces
from the Imperial gate the takht-e-ravan stopped: we then dismounted,
and the Envoy and I advancing uncovered to it, took out the King's
letter and the dish of presents. We proceeded through dark passages,
until we came to a small room, where were seated N orooz K han
(a relation of the royal family, and Ish Agassi, or Master of the
Ceremonies) and M ahomed H ussein K han M ervee , a favourite
of the King, and a deputy Lord Chamberlain, with other noblemen,
who were waiting to entertain us. Our presentation was to take
place in the Khalvet KhonSh, or private Hall of Audience, for it
was then the Ashooreh of the month of Moharrem, a time of mourning,
when all matters of ceremony or of business are suspended at court:
the King of Persia therefore paid a signal respect to his Britannic
Majesty, in fixing the audience of his Envoy so immediately after
his arrival, and more particularly at a season when public affairs are
so generally intermitted.
After we had sat here about half an hour, smoked, and drank
coffee, the Master of the Ceremonies informed us that the King was
ready, and we proceeded again. We entered the great court of the
Dewan Khoneh, (the Hall of Public Audience) on all sides of which
stood officers of the household, and in the centre walk were files of the
new-raised troops, disciplined after the European manner, who went
through the platoon as we passed, while the little Persian drummers
beat their drums. The line presented arms to the Envoy, and the
officers saluted. In the middle of the Dewan Khoneh was the famous
throne built at Yezd of the marble of the place, on which the King
sits in public, but to which we did not approach sufficiently near for
any accurate observation. We ascended two steps on the left, and
then passed under arched ways into another spacious court filled in
the same manner; but the men were mostly sitting down, and did
not rise as we approached. We crossed the centre of this court, and
came to a small and mean door, which led us through a dark and

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A Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, in the years 1808 and 1809, in which is included some account of the proceedings of his Majesty's Mission, under Sir Harford Jones, Bart., to the Court of the King of Persia. With twenty-five engravings from the designs of the author; a plate of inscriptions; and three maps.

Publication Details: London : Longman, 1812.

Physical Description: xvi. 438 p. ; 4º.

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'A Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, in the years 1808 and 1809, in which is included some account of the proceedings of his Majesty's Mission, under Sir Harford Jones, Bart., to the Court of the King of Persia. With twenty-five engravings from the designs of the author; a plate of inscriptions; and three maps.' [‎188] (259/524), British Library: Printed Collections, W 2806, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023686207.0x00003c> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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