... As in Europe the social status of a man be guessed Icy Ids dress or his equipage, in Persia it is denoted by his pipe. A Persian shah or prince has his pipe corertd with richly enatnelled plates of gold and silver and incrusted with gems, such as rubies ...

... fitted for, and who perform the work which He has given them to do. He is a God that can, if He please, take hold even of a Persian Shah, and say of him, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure. 11. We may learn, secondly, from all this the ...