[2] The dates given with regard to this persecution are approximately correct; but, although reasonable care has been taken to find the exact year in which the changes of restriction were made, the absolute accuracy of some of these dates cannot be guaranteed. [3] The Yezdi realises the link of a common language, but by this he means a common dialect. Consequently I have included this idea in fellow-townsmanship; it in no way takes the place of the bond of country. [4] I was informed, however, by Dr Griffith that the Mussulmans of Kirman welcomed his coming and the work of the medical mission on the ground that his _savabs_, being the _savabs_ of an infidel, would be credited not to him but to the account of the Mohammedans of the town, who stood rather sorely in need of them. [5] This only refers to visits of ceremony. When people found that they could come to my house without notice, I often had a continual succession of visitors throughout the day. [6] Certainly the Light also operates inside Islam. During the Babi massacre a number of women who had been horrified by the sights in the streets said to my wife, “They say that we can’t be Mussulmans if we mind these things, but cannot these things sicken even Mohammedans?” [7] The opinion that Persia is changing its religion, or at least its form of Mohammedanism, is not confined to missionary circles. GLOSSARY _Aivān_ A kind of portico, or roofed recess. _Anjuman_ Assembly, committee. _Arkhālūq_ Under-coat. _Bābī_ Follower of the Bāb. _Bād-gīr_ Air-shaft. _Bāgh_ Enclosed cultivation. _Behāī_ Follower of Behāu’llah. _Chādar_ Sheet; especially the cotton shawl worn over the head and whole body by the women. _Chārvādār_ Muleteer, or donkey caravan driver. _Dastūr_ Parsi priest. _Dīv_ Demon. _Farrāsh_ Literally a carpet-sweeper. Really a servant, chiefly outdoor. _Ferangī_ Frank, European. _Firmān_ Government order. _Islām_ Resignation to God. The name given by Mohammed to his religion. _Jazīya_ Poll tax levied by Mohammedans on non-Mohammedan monotheists living in their country. _Jin_ Genius; a being composed of fire. _Kajāva_ A kind of wooden pannier with a hood. _Khān_ A hereditary title. _Krān_ A coin worth about 4½d., the tenth part of a tomān. _Kursī_ Wooden stool. Especially one used over a pan of charcoal to support a quilt. _Lāla_ A spring candlestick with a globe. _Lūtī_ A rough; a bad character.