A Woman's Journey Round The World, From Vienna To Brazil, Chili, Tahiti, China, Hindostan, Persia, And Asia Minor By Ida Pfeiffer

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CHAPTER XXI.  SOJOURN IN TEBRIS.



DESCRIPTION OF THE TOWN - THE TOWN - PERIOD OF FASTING - BEHMEN MIRZA - 
ANECDOTES OF THE PERSIAN - Page 599
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CHAPTER XXI.

SOJOURN IN TEBRIS.

DESCRIPTION OF THE TOWN - THE TOWN - PERIOD OF FASTING - BEHMEN MIRZA - ANECDOTES OF THE PERSIAN GOVERNMENT - INTRODUCTION TO THE VICEROY AND HIS WIFE - BEHMEN MIRZA'S WIVES - VISIT TO A PERSIAN LADY - PERSECUTION OF THE LOWER CLASSES, OF THE CHRISTIANS, AND OF THE JEWS - DEPARTURE.

Tebris, or Tauris, is the capital of the province of Aderbeidschan, and the residence of the successor to the throne of Persia, who bears the title of Viceroy. It is situated in a treeless valley on the rivers Piatscha and Atschi, and contains 160,000 inhabitants. The town is handsomer than Teheran or Ispahan, possesses a number of silk looms and leather manufactories, and is said to be one of the principal seats of Asiatic commerce.

The streets are tolerably broad, and are also kept clean, there is in each an underground water canal with openings at regular intervals for the purpose of dipping out water.

There is no more to be seen of the houses than in any other Oriental town. Lofty walls with low entrances, without windows, and with the fronts always facing the court-yards, which are planted with flowers and small trees, and generally adjoining a beautiful garden. The reception rooms are large and lofty, with whole rows of windows, forming a complete wall of glass. The decoration of the rooms is not elegant, generally nothing beyond some few carpets; European furniture and articles of luxury are rare.

There are no handsome mosques, palaces, or monuments, either ancient or modern, with the exception of the partly ruined mosque of Ali- Schach, which, however, will not bear comparison in any respect with those in India.

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