The meeting with the Khorasani Turks near
Karaj
کرج منزل ۴۴ KARAJ.―Stage Forty-fourth.
26th.―Set out by moon-light, about two in
the morning, crossed a branch of the Karaj river, and passed several villages and
hamlets to the left. About five o’clock some Khorasans were striking their
tents near the village of Vardee, which had served for their lodging the
over-night; on being asked in Persian who they were, they appeared not to
understand that language; but afterwards told us in Turkish that they were
travelling on a mission through Irak. We came in sight of the village of Kalek,
a little way up the Alborz mountains, near the extreme point which is seen from
Tehiran; crossed the river by a bridge of one main arch, near to which
were some fragments of a fire-temple. The mountains, taking a sudden turn to
thr north, connect with another vast chain, the summits of which were covered
with snow.―Having crossed the bridge, we encamped near Karaj, after travelling
six parasangs: course west by north.
Near this place the Shah was having a new town built,
which he named, after his son, Solomon; the workmen employed in it were chiefly
Guebers from Yazd, as already alluded to. Though the king said he designed it
for the residence of Ali Mirza, Beglerbeg of Tehiran, it is generally supposed
that prince Solomon will be the possessor of it.
William Price, Journal of the British Embassy to Persia; Embellished
with Numerous Views taken in India and Persia: also a Dissertation upon the
Antiquities of Persepolis. — London: Kingsbury, Parbury, and Allen, Booksellers
to the Honourable East India Company, p. 39.
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