... and his whole suite will 'be the guests of the' Sultan. This is the first occasion since the conquest of Bagdad that a Persian Shah hds made his appearance on Turkish soil, and there is some talk at. Constantinople of baking the opporptuinity for proposing ...

... barbarous, ignorant, superstitious, debauched, and debased, idle and devoid of good faith. Long tributary to the Persian Shahs, they had taken advantage of the confusion that followed Nadir's death to shake off their allegiance and form an alliance ...