I will refrain from mentioning many other things,—which are, however, not very important,—that I may not make my narrative too long. END OF THE TRAVELS IN PERSIA OF M. AMBROSIO CONTARINI. FOOTNOTES [152] Messeritz, forty-eight miles E.N.E. of Frankfort. [153] Posen. [154] Poti. [155] Kutais. [156] Gori. [157] Koum. [158] Kashan. [159] Nathunz. [160] Astrakhan. [161] That is to say, an Alsatia. [162] Arsingan. [163] Isfahan. ERRATA. Page 19, Note.—“Tesells”. This word here means “thistles”, “teasells”; and “_garzi_”, in the Italian text, should be “_carde_”. INDEX. Adana, 47 Alani, 5, 30 Astrakhan, 29, 150 Baltracan, herb, 102, 103 Barbaro plundered, 51 — returns to Venice, 95 Bendemir, 80 Buza, 31 Cambalu, 75 Chehlminar, 81 Chinese paper money, 77 Contarini leaves Venice, 108 — meets Barbaro, 130 — returns to Venice, 171 Curco, 44 Derbend, 87, 145 Famagosta, 38 Georgia, 36, 90, 117-122, 139-145 Gori, 122 Gothic language, survival of, 30 Hassan Beg, King, his death, 93 Ispahan, 72, 130 Kaffa, 27-29, 116, 140 Kashan, 72 Kinara, 80 Kum, 73, 129 Kutais, 91, 119 Ledil or Volga, 4, 31, 156 Mardin, 48 Mingrelia, 26, 139 Moscow, 32, 158 Novgrod, 34 Orfa, 47 Ormuz, 79 Persian army, 64-68, 137 — king’s jewels, 56, 59 — sports, 53, 54, 62 Poland, 34, 35, 110, 111, 114, 167 Poti, 117 Routes, 82-86 Russia, 31, 33, 157-165 Seleucia, 45 Sena, 129 Sert, 49 Shamakhy, 86 Sultaniah, 68, 128 Tabriz, 51, 125 Tana, 12 Tarsus, 46 Tatar customs, 12, 15, 16, 21, 33, 34, 88, 155 Tumulus, excavation of, 6-8 Varti, 117 Vastan, 51 Uzun Hassan’s dominions, 172, 173 Yezd, 73 A NARRATIVE OF ITALIAN TRAVELS IN PERSIA, IN THE FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH CENTURIES. Translated and Edited BY CHARLES GREY, ESQ. CONTENTS. PAGE TRAVELS IN PERSIA, BY CATERINO ZENO 1 DISCOURSE OF MESSER GIOVAN BATTISTA RAMUSIO ON THE WRITINGS OF GIOVAN MARIA ANGIOLELLO, ETC. 67 THE TRAVELS OF A MERCHANT IN PERSIA 139 NARRATIVE OF THE MOST NOBLE VINCENTIO D’ALESSANDRI 209 A NARRATIVE OF ITALIAN TRAVELS IN PERSIA.