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[ The ceremony of the pahendaz consists in spreading rich stuffs for the king to walk upon.]
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[ This is an ancient Persian custom, and is supposed to secure good fortune—sweetness, and consequently sugar, being an emblem of felicity.]
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[ The musnud, in Eastern acceptation, is, in fact, the throne; but on occasions such as the one here described the mode of making a musnud is to double up a thick carpet, by which means there is only room for one person to be seated upon it.]
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[ Catherine II. is so styled by the Persians.]
55 ([return])
[ Kizzil Bash, or Red Head, is a sort of nickname given from old times to the Persians.]