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Excerpt from A Winter's Journey (Tatar), From Constantinople to Tehran, Vol. 2: With Travels Through Various Parts of Persia, &C Rest. - Effects of Cold. - Visits, Meerzabul Hussun Khan. - The Ameen-u-Dowlut. - The Ausef-u-Dowlut. - The Shahs Health. - Causes of Anxiety. - A Bon Vivant. - A Persian Boudoir. - The Palace. - Manoochehu Khan. - The Sipahdar. - Arrival of the British Detachment. - Aga Bahrain. - Abbas Meerza, and Campaigns in Khorasan. - Capture of Serrakhs. - His Death. - The Kaymookam and his Policy. - Moollah Salah. - The Durkhaneh. - Persian. Public Offices and Functionaries. - The Palace and the Shah. - Visit to Aga Bahrain, the Shahs Shooting. - Opinions and Complaints. - Shahzadehs. - Ruins of Rhe. - Persian Intrigues. - A blunt Courtier. - Poet Laureate. - A Persian Residence. - The Zorkhaneh. Dear -, You will not wonder that I have suffered some days to pass at this place before beginning a letter even to you; that the charms of "idless" - the sheer passive delight of rest, after so long a period of sustained exertion, should have seduced me into an apparent neglect... About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."