The travels of Monsieur de Thevenot into the Levant. In three parts Viz. Into. I. Turkey. II. Persia. III. The East-Indies / Newly done out of French [by A. Lovell].

  • Thévenot, Jean de, 1633-1667.
Date:
1687
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Credit: The travels of Monsieur de Thevenot into the Levant. In three parts Viz. Into. I. Turkey. II. Persia. III. The East-Indies / Newly done out of French [by A. Lovell]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    / lowed by all the Sofiesy and thofe who were addic¬ ted unto them, by whofe means he Eftablifhed the Belief, which his Father and Grandfather had but in a manner propofed, to wit, that Aly being the only true Heir of Mahomet, he was to be followed in all things* by thofe who would be faved. And the truth is, they conceived lb high an opinion of that So]z, that the Friends of his Family, with the Malecontents and Innovators, eafily joyned with him, and he as eafily employed them to deflroy Farochk King or Sultan of Schirvan, who had put to Death his Father Ai dur. This having fucceeded fo well with Ifmael Soft, he found means afterwards to attack and overcome the other Sultans of Perfidy who were of the Family of Akkoionluy and to mount the Throne of the Empire himfelf. So that it is not true, that none of the Kings of Per fia ever bore the Name of Sofiy though fince IfmaePs time, thefe Kings have forborn to take it, having depreffed that Order of the Sofiesy for reafons that I could alledge elfewhere ; and belides, they flood no more in need of Artifice to maintain their grandeur. This is that Sha Ifmael Sofi who gave occafion to the Europeans to call the Kings of Per fia Sofiesy as from Cœfaty they called the fucceed- ing Empereurs Cæfars ; and from OJman or Otbman9 thofe of Turkiey Ottomans. ..... <.; . ... ..... . . , . .. ..... ' I muft alfo tell you, that one ought not to take exceptions, if he meet with fome diverfity in the pronunciation of Oriental words in this Book, elpe- cially when the queftion is about Vowels, or the Confdnants Khdy Hhdy Kef y and fome others : In dif¬ ferent Countreys they are varioufly pronounced ; in fome places they pronounce Nameh, Bendery and Bazerghian ; and in others Namahy Bendary Bazerghion : Some fay Kher, and others Hher ; fome Gomron , others Komorony and fo in many others ; but the figurative letters always' occur in both the one and the other; Thus