Namely, Three
Firmauns, One Of Which John Crowther Has To Carry To Surat, One For
Richard Steel To Carry To England, And The Third To Be Sent To The
Governor Of Jasques, All Sealed With The Great Seal Of The King.
The
same day that these firmauns were procured, being the last of September,
Sir Robert Shirley set out for Shiras in great pomp, and very honourably
attended.
[Footnote 158: Of the landing of Sir Robert Shirley, see Peyton's first
voyage before; and of the rest of his journey see the second voyage of
Peyton, in the sequel. - Purch.]
Copy of the Firmaun granted by the King of Persia.
"Firmaun or command given unto all our subjects, from the highest to the
lowest, and directed to the Souf-basha, or constable of our country,
kindly to receive and entertain the English Franks[159] or nation,
when any of their ships may arrive at Jasques, or any other of the
ports in our kingdom, to conduct them and their merchandize to what
place or places they may desire, and to see them safely defended upon
our coasts from any other Franks whomsoever. This I will and command you
to do, as you shall answer in the contrary. Given at our royal city,
this 12th of Ramassan, in the year of our Tareag, 1024. [October,
1615.]"
The chief commodities of Persia are raw silks, of which it yields,
according to the king's books, 7700 batmans yearly. Rhubarb grows in
Chorassan, where also worm-seed grows.
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