This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1826 edition. Excerpt: ...was instructed they said, to prepare, by degrees, the haughty Persian for the ceremony of the salam, which was to be represented, as well as that of delivering all letters through the medium of a third person, as a custom that has invariably obtained from time immemorial. It is sufficiently evident, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1826 edition. Excerpt: ...was instructed they said, to prepare, by degrees, the haughty Persian for the ceremony of the salam, which was to be represented, as well as that of delivering all letters through the medium of a third person, as a custom that has invariably obtained from time immemorial. It is sufficiently evident, however, from what we witnessed, that these were idle tales. AurengZ&be is raised much above the necessity of recurring to such expedients. On his entry into the capital, the ambassador was received with every demonstration of respect. The bazaars through which he passed were all newly painted, and the cavalry lining both sides of the way extended beyond a league. Many omrahs, accompanied with instruments of music, attended the procession, and a salute of artillery was fired upon his entering the gate of the fortress, or royal palace. Aureng-Zebe welcomed him with the greatest politeness; manifested no displeasure at his making the Persian salam and unhesitatingly received from his hands, the letters of which he was the bearer; raising theirs in token of peculiar respect, nearly to the croWP of his head. An eunuch having assisted hi# to unseal the letters, the king perused the contents with a serious and solemn countenance and thei commanded that the ambassador should be clad, in his presence, with a serapah; that is, a vest of brocade, a turban, and a silken sash, embroidered with gold and silver. This part of the ceremony over, the Persian was informed that the moment was come for the display of the presents; which were composed of five and twenty horses, as beautiful as I ever beheld, with housings of embroidered brocade; twenty highly bred camels, that might have been mistaken for small elephants, such was their size and strength; a...
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