131._o the_o author_n servant_n find_v a_o great_a parcel_n of_o jewel_n which_o he_o give_v for_o lose_v 125_o etc._n etc._n he_o demand_v justice_n of_o the_o prince_n 130._o he_o be_v rob_v a_o second_o time_n by_o a_o mingrelian_a 148._o he_o resolve_v for_o georgia_n 151_o etc._n etc._n tax_v 20_o crown_n by_o sabatar_n 152._o his_o usage_n at_o gony_n 158._o his_o good_n arrive_v safe_a at_o mingrelia_n 161_o 162_o etc._n etc._n advises_n with_o the_o capuchin_n at_o gory_a 170._o his_o journey_n from_o gory_a to_o cotalis_fw-la 173_o etc._n etc._n his_o dispute_n with_o one_o of_o his_o servant_n there_o 178_o he_o wait_v upon_o the_o king_n of_o imiretta_n 180._o he_o return_v to_o gori_n 183._o his_o reception_n by_o the_o governor_n of_o tifflis_n 224_o etc._n etc._n by_o the_o governor_n of_o irivan_n 254_o etc._n etc._n azerbeyan_a 350._o b._n bacrat_fw-mi mirza_n king_n of_o imiretta_n 136_o baptism_n of_o the_o mingrelian_o p._n 101_o bassa_n of_o akalzikè_n invade_v imiretta_n dethrone_n one_o and_o set_v up_o another_o king_n 147_o bichni_n in_o armenia_n and_o monastery_n belong_v to_o it_o 244_o black-sea_n the_o description_n of_o it_o 155_o c._n caffa_n describe_v 68_o the_o kingdom_n of_o kaket_n subject_n to_o the_o persian_n 206_o carthuel_n a_o province_n of_o persia_n 188_o casbin_n the_o description_n of_o it_o 378_o cashan_n the_o description_n of_o it_o 411_o cassem-abad_a 411_o cherk_n a_o savage_a people_n 76_o a_o account_n of_o christian_a corsaire_n in_o the_o archipelago_n 3._o the_o ground_n of_o the_o candy_n war_n 53_o etc._n etc._n the_o caous_a a_o sort_n of_o giant_n 371_o carashiman_n a_o fair_a village_n in_o persia_n 371_o casbin_n describe_v 378_o etc._n etc._n colchis_n the_o description_n of_o it_o 77_o etc._n etc._n come_v the_o description_n of_o it_o 390_o cotatis_fw-la describe_v 177_o cotzia_n betray_v darejan_n 146._o slay_a himself_o by_o treachery_n ibid._n couh-telisme_a a_o famous_a mountain_n 389_o coolom-sha_a the_o king_n slave_n 257_o their_o employment_n ibid._n cuperli_fw-la mahamet_n bassa_n make_v grand_a visir_n 15._o he_o resent_v the_o french_a ambassador_n slight_n 16._o the_o most_o remarkable_a passage_n of_o his_o life_n 57_o etc._n etc._n cupri_n kent_n 239_o d._n dadian_n the_o title_n of_o the_o prince_n of_o mingrelia_n he_o be_v guilty_a of_o the_o robbery_n commit_v upon_o the_o author_n 131_o darejan_n daughter_n to_o the_o last_o king_n of_o georgia_n will_v have_v marry_v her_o son_n in_o law_n 136._o her_o wicked_a prank_n to_o continue_v herself_o in_o the_o dominion_n 137_o etc._n etc._n she_o marry_v vactangle_n one_o of_o her_o lord_n 137_o which_o cause_v a_o revolt_n of_o the_o rest_n ibid._n bitray_v 138._o her_o tragic_a end_n 145_o darejan_n levans_n aunt_n and_o wife_n 134_o she_o set_v up_o her_o son_n vomeki_n 136_o deria-shirin_a or_o the_o lake_n of_o irivan_n describe_v 247_o dily-jan_a and_o the_o country_n about_o it_o 240_o e._n ebber_n the_o description_n of_o it_o 377_o echmiazin_n or_o the_o monastery_n of_o the_o three_o church_n 249_o echmovil_n a_o place_n famous_a for_o the_o pilgrimage_n of_o the_o persian_n 387_o f._n feast_n the_o order_n of_o a_o nuptial_a feast_n in_o persia_n 226_o two_o friar_n commissioner_n for_o the_o holy_a land_n their_o claim_n at_o the_o port_n 39_o etc._n etc._n their_o large_a offer_n to_o the_o turk_n and_o the_o reason_n 45_o g._n genoeses_n maintain_v a_o consul_n at_o smyrna_n 11_o george_n prince_n of_o libardian_n 134_o his_o wife_n be_v take_v from_o he_o ibid._n he_o die_v for_o grief_n 135_o georgia_n the_o description_n of_o it_o 186_o etc._n etc._n the_o religion_n of_o the_o country_n 192_o conquer_a by_o ishmael_n the_o the_o great_a 193._o the_o history_n of_o georgia_n ibid._n &c_n &c_n revolt_v from_o the_o persian_a and_o conquer_v by_o rustan_n can_n 203_o gonie_n describe_v 185_o gori_n describe_v 188_o guriel_n the_o description_n of_o it_o p_o 105_o its_o tribute_n to_o the_o turk_n 106_o h._n monsieur_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr haye_o french_a ambassador_n at_o the_o port_n 15_o 16_o 16_o 19_o recall_v 20_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr hay_o the_o son_n ambassador_n 21_o 22_o 23_o 24_o &c_n &c_n recall_v 28_o the_o best_a horse_n in_o persia_n where_o breed_v 370_o huns_n whence_o original_o 106_o i._n i_o miretta_n the_o description_n of_o it_o 106_o its_o tribute_n to_o the_o turk_n ibid._n the_o title_n of_o the_o prince_n 107_o descend_v from_o david_n 108_o imposition_n upon_o the_o french_a at_o constantinople_n 10_o joseph_n the_o prince_n of_o mingrelia_n brother_n endeavour_v levan_n assassination_n 135_o his_o eye_n pull_v out_o 136_o irivan_n describe_v 245_o isgaour_n the_o description_n of_o it_o 108_o julfa_n the_o old_a otherwise_o ariamene_n 347_o k._n kesil-beusè_a a_o river_n 374_o koskeirou_n a_o famous_a inn_n 385_o kotzia_n a_o lord_n of_o imiretta_n he_o procure_v the_o murder_n of_o vomeki_n 140_o l._n a_o copy_n of_o the_o viceroy_n of_o georgia_n haughty_a letter_n 230_o a_o letter_n of_o recommendation_n from_o a_o persian_a grandee_n 222_o another_o 367_o levan_n dadian_n prince_n of_o imiretta_n the_o story_n of_o he_o 132_o etc._n etc._n m._n marant_a the_o description_n of_o it_o 351._o the_o place_n where_o the_o ark_n rest_v not_o far_o from_o it_o 352_o marriage_n among_o the_o mingrelian_o p_o 102_o matrimony_n in_o persia_n 295_o media_n the_o description_n of_o it_o 349_o miana_n a_o persian_a town_n 372_o mingrelian_o their_o opinion_n of_o confession_n 102_o of_o ordination_n ibid._n they_o understand_v not_o the_o bible_n p._n 103_o their_o fast_n ibid._n their_o opinion_n of_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o cross_n ibid._n their_o prayer_n ibid._n their_o sacrifice_n ibid._n they_o work_v on_o sunday_n 104_o their_o chief_a festival_n ibid._n their_o mourn_a ibid._n their_o tribute_n to_o the_o turk_n 107_o the_o title_n of_o their_o prince_n 107_o descend_v from_o david_n 108_o fearful_a of_o danger_n 152_o popish_a missionary_n slight_v in_o georgia_n 211_o the_o mountain_n where_o noah_n ark_n rest_v 252_o moutshacour_n a_o large_a village_n 416_o music_n not_o use_v in_o the_o mahometan_a religion_n 229_o n._n nacchivan_n the_o description_n of_o it_o 346_o the_o deputy_n governor_n uncivil_a to_o the_o author_n 349_o turkish_a navigation_n 66_o m._n noyntel_n french_a ambassador_n at_o the_o port_n 28_o &c_n &c_n his_o negotiation_n frustrate_v 44_o o._n otta_n chekaizè_n betray_v q._n darejan_n 138_o oil_n sacred_a call_v myrone_n p._n 101_o p._n parthia_n the_o air_n and_o description_n of_o the_o country_n 373_o the_o vice_n roy_n of_o georgias_n pass_v 236_o the_o governor_n of_o irivan_n pass_n 342_o mirza-thair's_a pass_n 368_o the_o king_n of_o persia_n patent_n 236_o the_o patriarch_n of_o armenia_n a_o story_n of_o his_o extravagance_n 333._o ill_o use_v by_o the_o governor_n of_o irivan_n 365_o pervarè_v a_o village_n of_o persia_n 372_o the_o river_n phasis_n 156_o policy_n of_o the_o turk_n surpass_v the_o european_n 51_o the_o plain_a suppose_v to_o be_v the_o place_n where_o darius_n be_v murder_v 416_o pride_n of_o the_o georgian_n and_o eastern_a people_n 230_o q._n signior_n quirini_n agent_n for_o the_o venetian_n at_o the_o port._n 50_o r._n rey_n former_o a_o vast_a city_n in_o persia_n 387_o a_o great_a robbery_n commit_v upon_o the_o persian_a caravan_n 363_o roman_a catholic_n in_o persia_n 346._o a_o ambassador_n from_o the_o pope_n in_o their_o behalf_n ibid._n how_o use_v in_o georgia_n 350_o rustan-can_a his_o virtue_n 366_o s._n sabatar_n owner_n of_o the_o fortress_n where_o the_o author_n secure_v himself_o 149_o etc._n etc._n sapias_fw-la the_o description_n of_o it_o 119_o sava_n a_o city_n of_o persia_n describe_v 386_o scorpion_n where_o troublesome_a in_o persia_n 413_o sephi-kouli-kan_n governor_n of_o irivan_n 256_o mahamed_a sephi_n letter_n of_o recommendation_n 343_o segs-abad_a 385_o mr._n sesè_n the_o french_a ambassador_n farm_n the_o custom_n of_o constantinople_n and_o smyrna_n p._n 10_o shaboni_n the_o fair_a grape_n in_o persia_n 380_o shanavas_n can_v vice_n roy_n of_o georgia_n 139._o he_o be_v offer_v the_o kingdom_n of_o imiretta_n for_o his_o son_n archylus_n if_o he_o will_v expel_v the_o mingrelian_o ib._n he_o invade_v imiretta_n 140_o shemashè_fw-fr 188._o the_o place_n where_o noah_n dwell_v 189_o sirsham_n a_o parthian_a inn._n 374_o slave_n at_o what_o rate_n sell_v in_o mingrelia_n 114_o several_a persian_a song_n 402_o stone_n a_o wonderful_a pile_n 371_o sophian_a think_v the_o ancient_a sophia_n of_o media_n 352_o king_n of_o spain_n his_o health_n drink_v by_o the_o governor_n of_o tifflis_n 230_o the_o governor_n of_o tifflis_n how_o akin_a to_o he_o ibid._n sultanie_n the_o description_n of_o it_o 375_o the_o sun_n troublesome_a where_o the_o snow_n lie_v all_o day_n 244_o suram_fw-la in_o georgia_n 188_o t_o tauris_n the_o descriptiun_v of_o it_o 352_o etc._n etc._n
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and_o eunuch_n of_o which_o three_o hundred_o at_o a_o time_n mount_v his_o guard_n he_o get_v by_o his_o government_n of_o tauris_n and_o his_o fee_n as_o generalissimo_n thirty_o thousand_o toman_o or_o one_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o thousand_o pound_n of_o which_o he_o lay_v aside_o the_o one_o half_a for_o the_o payment_n of_o his_o fifteen_o hundred_o man_n who_o he_o always_o take_v care_n to_o have_v in_o good_a equipage_n the_o rest_n go_v to_o defray_v the_o charge_n of_o his_o housekeep_n he_o have_v also_o set_v up_o for_o his_o own_o use_n in_o his_o palace_n several_a kaar-kaanè_a or_o work-house_n for_o all_o sort_n of_o manufacture_n where_o he_o have_v muster_v together_o workman_n and_o artificer_n in_o all_o manner_n of_o trade_n goldsmith_n tailor_n saddler_n armourer_n burnisher_n etc._n etc._n beside_o rider_n for_o his_o horse_n and_o master_n to_o teach_v his_o man_n how_o to_o handle_v their_o arms._n in_o a_o word_n his_o palace_n be_v altogether_o royal._n and_o in_o this_o manner_n be_v he_o at_o continual_a expense_n insomuch_o that_o notwithstanding_o his_o large_a revenue_n he_o always_o be_v poor_a and_o in_o debt_n for_o beside_o that_o he_o be_v of_o a_o prodigal_a humour_n have_v neither_o wife_n nor_o child_n to_o provide_v for_o he_o never_o spare_v for_o lustre_n and_o pomp_n upon_o all_o occasion_n that_o require_v it_o nor_o will_v it_o be_v amiss_o consider_v the_o high_a degree_n that_o he_o hold_v in_o persia_n and_o the_o fantastic_a traverse_n as_o well_o in_o his_o fortune_n as_o in_o the_o consequence_n of_o his_o conduct_n to_o give_v the_o reader_n a_o portraiture_n of_o his_o person_n he_o be_v of_o a_o middle_a stature_n rather_o incline_v to_o be_v tall_a then_o low_a his_o aspect_n grim_a and_o terrible_a yet_o without_o any_o deformity_n he_o wear_v his_o monstachio_n very_o thick_a and_o about_o three_o quarter_n of_o
persian_a prayer_n 45._o kafer_n the_o name_n give_v by_o the_o persian_n to_o idolater_n and_o christian_n 135._o l_o m._n the_o lalain_a french_a envoy_n his_o audience_n 72._o hubert_n de_fw-fr laresse_n envoy_n from_o the_o hollander_n to_o the_o emperor_n 56._o his_o negotiation_n at_o the_o persian_a court_n under_o habas_n ii_o 61_o 62._o and_o under_o sefie_v ii_o 64._o his_o audience_n 65._o letter_n of_o the_o persian_a lord_n to_o sefie-mirza_n upon_o have_v elect_v he_o emperor_n 27_o 28._o of_o the_o spy_n in_o the_o persian_a court_n to_o the_o king_n of_o india_n 98._o letter_n of_o credence_n of_o the_o cosaque_fw-la ambassador_n not_o to_o be_v uncypher_v 144._o of_o the_o great_a duke_n of_o muscovy_n to_o the_o king_n of_o persia_n 145._o of_o the_o pope_n to_o the_o same_o 151._o m_o mahamed-kouli-kaan_n a_o great_a enemy_n to_o the_o christian_n 87._o bastinado_v 140._o make_v governor_n of_o candaar_n 141._o mahamed_a saleh_n a_o famous_a astrologer_n 25._o meihter_n or_o high_a chamberlain_n of_o persia_n 3-14_a message_n of_o the_o persian_a nobleman_n to_o the_o emperor_n 67._o his_o answer_n 68_o mer-atever-bachi_n grand_a esquire_n to_o the_o emperor_n 13._o metch_v a_o extraordinary_a holy_a city_n among_o the_o persian_n 69._o mir-tchekar-bachi_n prince_n of_o the_o chase_n 13._o mirza_n the_o signification_n of_o it_o 8._o mirza-baker_n chief_a of_o the_o astrologer_n 25._o mirza-hali-riza_n a_o learned_a persian_a nobleman_n 43._o imprison_v by_o habas_n ii_o and_o release_v by_o sefié_fw-fr ii_o 78._o mirza_n hachem_n a_o foul-tongued_a person_n 74._o out_o of_o the_o king_n favour_n 76._o his_o death_n 77._o mirza-koudchek_a physician_n to_o habas_n ii_o 5._o confine_v and_o his_o estate_n confiscate_v 70._o mirza-ibrahim_n vazier_n of_o media_n 104._o how_o cheat_v by_o the_o general_n of_o the_o slave_n 106._o his_o usage_n at_o his_o arrival_n at_o ispahan_n 112_o 113._o when_o almost_o ruine_v he_o get_v leave_v to_o retire_v 127._o mirza-refié_a a_o learned_a persian_a 42._o his_o oration_n at_o the_o coronation_n 45._o mirza-sadek_a his_o fall_n 149._o mirza-sahid_a physician_n to_o habas_n ii_o 5._o confine_v and_o his_o estate_n confiscate_v 70._o mission_n of_o capuchin_n to_o georgia_n 151._o moubarek-bached_n a_o persian_a compliment_n 70._o moulouk_n the_o meaning_n of_o the_o word_n 115._o multani_n a_o sort_n of_o banian_o 98._o the_o principal_a of_o they_o apprehend_v 100_o munckiziim-bachi_n the_o lord_n of_o the_o astrologer_n 13._o order_v to_o accompany_v the_o tiding_n of_o his_o election_n to_o sefie-mirza_n 25._o muscovite_n ambassador_n slight_v at_o the_o persian_a court_n 142._o the_o great_a duke_n letter_n to_o the_o king_n 145._o n_o nazir_n eunuch_n see_v aga_n mubarek_n nazir_n the_o signification_n of_o the_o word_n 8._o nazir_n or_o seer_n the_o superintendant_n general_n of_o the_o royal_a revevenue_n 13._o passionate_n for_o the_o preferment_n of_o hamzeh-mirza_n to_o the_o throne_n 17._o not_o honour_v as_o other_o nobleman_n 17._o his_o abject_a submission_n ibid._n gain_v his_o pardon_n 72._o cheat_v by_o the_o general_n of_o the_o slave_n 107._o nekaat-kanum_a the_o first_o wife_n of_o habas_n ii_o 6._o her_o extreme_a passion_n upon_o the_o message_n from_o the_o lord_n to_o her_o son_n 31_o 32._o niazouk_n the_o comet_n so_o call_v nobleman_n of_o persia_n assemble_v to_o choose_v a_o new_a emperor_n 12_o etc._n etc._n their_o message_n to_o he_o 67._o their_o arrival_n and_o reception_n at_o court_n 70_o 71._o nour-nissa-kanum_a the_o second_o wife_n of_o habas_n ii_o 8._o o_o order_n for_o the_o commissioner_n who_o carry_v to_o sephiè_fw-fr mirza_n the_o news_n of_o his_o be_v elect_a emperor_n 26_o etc._n etc._n orquenge_n a_o petty_a principality_n of_o tartary_n 115._o a_o prince_n of_o that_o country_n take_v prisoner_n by_o the_o persian_n ibid._n and_o his_o usage_n among_o they_o 116._o p_o pehri_n rocksar_n begum_n restore_v to_o favour_n and_o her_o husband_n prefer_v 83._o physician_n to_o the_o emperor_n of_o persia_n their_o case_n upon_o the_o death_n of_o their_o master_n 5._o they_o complot_v to_o raise_v the_o young_a son_n to_o the_o throne_n 9_o they_o be_v confine_v and_o their_o estate_n confiscate_v 70._o pope_n letter_n to_o the_o persian_a emperor_n 151._o portraiture_n of_o the_o emperor_n and_o great_a officer_n take_v by_o the_o indian_a spy_n 98._o prayer_n or_o speech_n at_o the_o coronation_n of_o the_o emperor_n 45._o present_v of_o the_o dutch_a envoy_n to_o the_o general_n of_o the_o musquetteer_n 66._o of_o the_o english_a to_o the_o emperor_n ibid._n and_o to_o the_o general_n of_o the_o musquetteer_n 67._o of_o the_o french_a to_o the_o emperor_n 72._o of_o mirza_n ibrahim_n to_o hali-kouli-kaan_n 113._o of_o the_o indian_a lady_n sakeb-koudshek_a to_o solyman_n iii_o 151._o r_o religion_n of_o mahomet_n divide_v into_o the_o shia_n and_o the_o sunni_n faction_n 119._o revenue_n of_o persia_n decrease_v under_o the_o management_n of_o the_o young_a k._n 128._o sepher-kouli-kaan_n the_o princely_a slave_n of_o the_o army_n 101._o sephie_n the_o signification_n of_o the_o word_n 48._o shama_n ki_n a_o city_n almost_o ruin_v by_o a_o earthquake_n 127._o sha-naavaz_a kaan_n prince_n governor_n of_o gorgia_n 101._o sheik-hali-kaan_n one_o of_o the_o persian_a general_n against_o the_o tusbek_n 120._o advance_v to_o be_v general_n of_o the_o musquetteer_n 148._o shia_n the_o name_n of_o that_o sect_n of_o mahometan_n of_o which_o be_v the_o persian_n 119._o soliman_n the_o new_a name_n of_o the_o persian_a emperor_n 134._o the_o original_n and_o meaning_n of_o it_o 133._o sophy_n a_o word_n use_v by_o historian_n &c_n &c_n by_o mistake_n 49._o speech_n of_o the_o prime_a minister_n for_o the_o promotion_n of_o hamzeh-mirza_n to_o the_o throne_n 14_o 15._o of_o aga-mubarek_a against_o it_o 20_o 21._o of_o the_o messenger_n who_o bring_v the_o news_n to_o sephie-mirza_n 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