Travels in Persia

1627-1629

Thomas Herbert

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Year: 2005
• Print ISBN: 9780415344708
• eBook ISBN: 9781134285846
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Middle Eastern History
• Index: History

He traversed a great part of Persia. He had a good eye for detail and a great appetite for information His was one of the best seventeenth century travel narratives, and became immediately popular on publication.' The Times When first published in 1928, Herbert's work enjoyed immediate success. Considerable interest was being taken in Persia at the time and a full account of the country was welcomed. The narrative is of considerable importance from an historical point of view, as it gives the only detailed account of the first English embassy to Persia. It also paints a graphic picture of the Perisa and the Persians in the early part of the seventeenth century. Having spent over a year in the country, travelling from south to north and back again, there are vivid and extensive descriptions of the towns of Abbas, Lar, Shiraz, Persepolis, Isfahan, Ashraf, Tehran, Qazvin, Qum and Kashan. This edition is based on the revised edition of 1677, but has in turn been edited so that the version reprinted here includes only what the author actually saw or gleaned first hand. The notes include identification of places and a glossary of the strange or obsolete terms.

Index

ĀB-I-GARM (Obigarmy), 142, 298

Ab-rezgān festival, 270

‘ Abbās, Shāh, King of Persia, xvi, 31, 41, 51; receives Cotton, xxvii, 156, 157; reasons for his coldness, xxvii; burns Sherley’s credentials, xxx, 205; and King Ebrahim, 56; war with Georgia, 75, 124, 125; present from Imām Qulī Khān, 80, 226; captures Māin, 116; and Aleksandré, 123; and Constantiné, 124; and Theimuraz, 125; deceived by the Georgians, 125; cuts passage through hills, 135; massacres the inhabitants of Isfahān, 136; and the Armenian champion, 147; his palace at Ashraf, 154; description of his appearance, 155, 212; his cruelty, 158, 159, 319 his children, 160, 161; executes Magar, 163; blinds Prince Khudābandā, 165; his love for Fatima, 166; attacks Malik Bahman, 185; at Qazvīn, 203; punishes the tobacco carriers, 203; dismisses the embassy, 209; his burial, 212; his titles, 213; his personal trading, 224, 225; his plate, 224; his revenues, 225, 264; his tyranny, 226; behaviour towards strangers, 231, 232; hunts with his women, 319; refrains from fasting during Ramazān, 332

‘Abbās-bāgh (Abassebaut), 152, 168, 169

‘ Abbāsābād (Abbasabaut), 137

abbāsīs (abassees), 35, 264

Abbot, Sir Morris, xx n.

‘ Abdullah, son of Tāhir, 247

‘ Abdullah (Abdalla) Khān, 184, 198

Abū ‘ Alī (Abbu-Ally), 245

Abū Bakr (Abu-becr), 245, 266

Abūl Bukhārī (Booboocharee), Sultan Sharif, 21

Abū Hanīfah (Hamet), 258

Abū Ma‘shar (Albumazar), 245

Abūl-Fidā (Abul-fœda), 245

Abūl Kāsim (Abul-Casen), 247

Aderbayon, 193

Agas, 239, 242

Agesilaus, 238

Aguillas, Ca...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Halftitle
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• Fuller titles of Chief Authoritiesquoted quoted
• I. The Outward Voyage
• II. Bandar Abbas—Lar—Shiraz
• III. Persepolis
• IV. The Journey to Isfahan and Stay there
• V. The Journey to Court and Events there
• VI. From Ashraf to Qazvin
• VII. At Qazvin.—Deaths of Sherley and of Cotton.—The Mission returns
• VIII. General Observations on Persia
• IX. The Homeward Voyage
• Appendix
• Notes
• Index