!['A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters. Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672. And Finished 1681. Containing Observations made of the Moral, Natural, and Artificial Estate of Those Countries: Namely, of their Government, Religion, Laws, Customs. Of the Soil, Climates, Seasons, Health, Diseases. Of the Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Jewels. Of their Housing, Cloathing, Manufactures, Trades, Commodities. And of the Coins, Weights, and Measures, Used in the Principal Places of Trade in Those Parts.' [‎269] (316/506)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023545053.0x000001/W 3856_0320.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters. Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672. And Finished 1681. Containing Observations made of the Moral, Natural, and Artificial Estate of Those Countries: Namely, of their Government, Religion, Laws, Customs. Of the Soil, Climates, Seasons, Health, Diseases. Of the Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Jewels. Of their Housing, Cloathing, Manufactures, Trades, Commodities. And of the Coins, Weights, and Measures, Used in the Principal Places of Trade in Those Parts.' [‎269] (316/506)")
'A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters. Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672. And Finished 1681. Containing Observations made of the Moral, Natural, and Artificial Estate of Those Countries: Namely, of their Government, Religion, Laws, Customs. Of the Soil, Climates, Seasons, Health, Diseases. Of the Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Jewels. Of their Housing, Cloathing, Manufactures, Trades, Commodities. And of the Coins, Weights, and Measures, Used in the Principal Places of Trade in Those Parts.' [269] (316/506)
The record is made up of 1 volume (427 pages). It was created in 1698. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.
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only forbid the Armenians ; whereby letting them know, however
Blefled they are with this World's Goods, yet they were to appear in
the Royal City only as Merchants: Which thing, how filly and
trivial it is in reality, and to Wife Men is but an wholefome Admo
nition, yet it has been but too often the ground of Apoftatizing from
their Heavenly Inftitution; it feeming a Curb to Ambitious and
Afpiring Spirits, who prefer the PleaTures and Pomp of this Life,
fhort and uncertain as they are, before thofe more Permanent in the
Aflurance of the Life to come; and are as little in love with their
own Country Manners, as they are tenacious of the Religion of their
Forefathers; fhipwrecking thereby, Faith and a good Confcience, for
the affedlation of the adulterate and glofly Cuftoms in efteem
among the Perfians, to which indeed they generally incline.
On which fcore it is their Women are little converfant with the
Men, fo that Women here, ( more than any where elfe ) • are truly
Women, and nothing more ; the Men here being unexpert how far
the Friendly Offices, a Graceful Mein, and Innocent Difcourfe,
wins among more refined Chriftians from the becoming Behaviour
of that Sex.
In heaping up Riches they ftoop to any bafe means, for they
arife from the moftavaritious Temper: In their Profufenefs they are
rather Specious and for Shew, than Generous.
They have fumptuous Houfes, Enriched either by being Mer
chants, or Interpreters to Foreign Minifters, they being addicted to
Learn Languages; few care for Manual Arts, or Mechanick Trades,
though fome apply themfelves to Husbandry.
They are great Revellers, and like long Feafting ; have as much
Religion as ferves their turn : Their Rufticks are truly fuch; and
fuchas are employed in neceflary Vocations and inferior Callings, are
Sluttifh and Slothful.
Their Speech, as well as Charadter, is their own, and if it bor
row any thing, it is from the Greek ; by which it is polifhed from
its Barbarity, and reduced to a more Modifh Dialed.
Eftabliihed thus by the King's Favour, they cannot but be excited
as a grateful return to the Difpofer of the Hearts of Kings, and
the Giver of all things, to pay a Tribute of their Increafe in Build
ing and Adorning flately Churches to that God who is King of
kings, and Lord of lords; beftowing largely both towards their
Beautifying in every kind, as being fufficiently ftored with the beft
Patterns, as well as precious Subflance, by their conftant Tra
velling and rich Adventures, as alfo towards a plentiful Allowance^
By whofe Munificence and Charge, befides Colleges and Con
vents for Monafticks, are Thirteen Parifh Churches, and a Cathe
dral, whofe Defcription fhall ferve for all: The Majefty of the Mo
ther-Church at Jelfa^ rifes not to that Loftinefs, either to Offend the
Eyes with its Splendor, or to create a Jealoufy, from its prodigious
Strudhire, of another Tower of Bahel; but keeps the mean, as
truly becomes the place feparated for the Service of the only True
God; not fo fpacious as neat, leaning on Four Pillars, which bear an
Oval Lanthorn, or Crown, over the Center of the Dome, by which
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A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters. Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672. And Finished 1681. Containing Observations made of the Moral, Natural, and Artificial Estate of Those Countries: Namely, of their Government, Religion, Laws, Customs. Of the Soil, Climates, Seasons, Health, Diseases. Of the Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Jewels. Of their Housing, Cloathing, Manufactures, Trades, Commodities. And of the Coins, Weights, and Measures, Used in the Principal Places of Trade in Those Parts.
Author: John Fryer, M D.
Publication Details: London: R R [Richard Roberts] for Richard Chiswell at the Rose and Crown in St Paul's Churchyard.
Physical Description: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-xiii) and another Roman numeral pagination at the end of the volume (i-xxiv); with maps and figures; folio.
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The volume contains a table of contents giving letter numbers and chapter headings. Each chapter heading is followed by a detailed breakdown of the contents of that chapter. There are also an alphabetical index ('An Index Explanatory'), and an alphabetical 'Table of some Principal Things herein contained, neither reducible to the Index Explanatory, nor the Contents' of at the back of the volume.
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- 'A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters. Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672. And Finished 1681. Containing Observations made of the Moral, Natural, and Artificial Estate of Those Countries: Namely, of their Government, Religion, Laws, Customs. Of the Soil, Climates, Seasons, Health, Diseases. Of the Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Jewels. Of their Housing, Cloathing, Manufactures, Trades, Commodities. And of the Coins, Weights, and Measures, Used in the Principal Places of Trade in Those Parts.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:10, 1:14, 1:6, 6a:6b, 7:36, 36a:36b, 37:40, 40a:40b, 41:50, 50a:50b, 51:110, 110a:110b, 111:230, 230a:230b, 231:416, 416a:416b, 417:428, 1:24, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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