[660] Nevruz, New Year’s day, at the vernal equinox.
[661] Kashan.
[662] Ispahan, which rose to its greatest prosperity under Shah Abbas.
[663] Shiraz.
[664] Caierbec, notorious for his treachery against Khafoor el Ghouri, the Soldan of Egypt, in his war with Selim I. See Angiolello, [p. 122].
[665] Sheibani Khan. See Zeno, [p. 56].
[666] Khorassan.
[667] Herat. See Zeno, [p. 56].
[668] Astrabad, a city of about fifty thousand inhabitants, is situated near the mouth of the river Ester, on a bay of the Caspian. It is the capital of a small province of the same name often included in Mazanderan; it is also a treasure city of the reigning family, being the centre of their hereditary possessions.
[669] Probably one of the ports of Mazanderan; perhaps Balfrush. Zeno.