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[281]. A.D. 1430.
[282]. Haji Luft Ali.
[283]. A.D. 1556-1605.
[284]. A.D. 1585-1628.
[285]. Herodotus IX.
[286]. Ousley, Biog. Pers. Poets, p. 202.
[287]. A very popular style of decoration in Persia is the kainah-karree; while the plaster is yet soft, the surface is inlaid with minute mirrors of every conceivable shape. The amount of work and skill necessary to inlay a room in this style is almost incalculable, and although the materials are comparatively cheap, the immense amount of labor required make the work very expensive. The effect, however, is one of bewildering splendor as if the light were flashed from the polished facets of millions of gems.—Benjamin, Persia and Persians, p. 279.
[288]. Ven., XIX, 43.
[289]. Yasna, XII, 9, p. 174.