August 26, 2006

Yezd is still a place of important trade, and carries on a thriving

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commerce with India by Bandar Abbsi
Yezd is still a place of important trade, and carries on a thriving
commerce with India by Bandar Abbsi. A visitor in the end of 1865 says:
‘The external trade appears to be very considerable, and the merchants of
Yezd are reputed to be amongst the most enterprising and respectable of
their class in Persia. Some of their agents have lately gone, not only to
Bombay, but to the Mauritius, Java, and China.’

‘From Liang-chow fu, M

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August 25, 2006

The term which Polo writes as _Sensin_ appears to have been that popularly

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The _Postín_ or sheepskin coat is almost universal on both sides of the

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In the description of the tent-poles, Pauthier”s text has ‘_trois

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August 24, 2006

CHAPTER VIII

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And what shall I tell you next? The Kaan was there on the hill, mounted on

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NOTE 2

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NOTE 5

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August 23, 2006

It was in the year of Christ[NOTE 1]

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