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[ The races that take place among the Turcomans and the Persians are intended to try the bottom, rather than the actual speed of their horses.]
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[ The bread here alluded to is baked on small and convex iron plates, and when prepared is about the thickness of brown paper.]
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[ Rustam is the fabulous hero of Persian history, so much celebrated in the Shah Nameh as a paragon of strength and courage. His duel with Asfendiar, which lasted two whole days, is the theme of Persian romance.]
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[ A parasang is equivalent to about three and a half geographical miles.]
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[ A full-equipped horseman in the East generally carries with him an iron peg, to which is affixed a rope terminated by a noose, with which he pickets his horse wherever he may alight. The rope is buttoned to the fore-leg, whilst the peg is driven into the ground with a stone.]