"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎٣‎٣] (١٧٨٢/١٧٦)

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Bwallowing- opium. His body was sent ashore for burial, and eleven guns
were fired by the " Mary/' the ship on which he died.
On the 17th of December the Ambassador and his suite left Surat for Journey of
Persia in the u William," accompanied by the "Exchange," "Hart" elnbassy
and other gallant ships; and on the 10th of January 1638 they landed at Persia, 1628.
Bandar 5 Abbas under a salute of 100 guns from the fleet, to which the
Persian land batteries replied with ten salvoes. From Bandar ^Abbas
the embassy proceeded by way of Lar to Shiraz, then the second city in
Persia, where they arrived at the beginning of March and were well
entertained for more than three weeks by " the merry duke," Imam (Juli
Khan. On the 10th of April a triumphal entry was made into Isfahan,
some Hindus being observed among the crowds that turned out to wel
come them ; an entertainment also was given in their honour on the
fourth day by Mr, Burt, the head of the English Factory, <f a very
accomplished Merchant." On May Da}- they set forth on their way to
the Persian court, which was then at Ashraf in Mazandaran.
The embassy reached Ashraf on the 21st of May and four days Proceedings
later Sir Dodmore Cotton had an audience with the Shah. He explained
that the object of his journey was to congratulate the Shah on his at Aslu-af,
victories over their common enemy the Turk, to promote trade, to
obtain for Sir Robert Sherley an opportunity of vindicating himself
from the charges of Naqdi 'Ali Baig, and " to desire that a perpetual
" League of friendship might be continued 'twixt the two powerful
" Monarchs of Great Britain and Persia. " Shah ^Abbas, rising from his
seat to reply, disparaged the power of the Turks but expressed a wish
that the dissensions of the princes of Christendom, by which the Turks
profited, might cease; in regard to trade, he promised that the King
of England should receive 10,000 bales of silk every January at Bandar
■'Abbas in exchange for English cloth of equal value; he expressed, in
general terms, his satisfaction w r ith Sherley and his disapproval of the
conduct of Naqdi 'Ali Baig; and, finally, he cheerfully embraced the
proffered league of friendship and made the Ambassador himself heartily
Avelcome, adding " and seeing you have done me that honour none of
u my predecessors ever had before, for you are the first Ambassador
a that ever came from Great Britain in that quality to my country, you
"may deservedly challenge the more respect; yea, as I account your
" Muster chief of the worshippers of Jesus, so do I of yourself in a
"superior degree to any other Ambassador now present. After the audi
ence, in another apartment, the Shah called for a bowl of wine and drantf
to King- Charles's health, whereupon " the Ambassador stood up and