... As in Europe the social status of man may guesßdil by his divss or his equipage,.in Persia it is denoted by. his pipe. A Persian shah or nrince has his pipe covered with richly enamelled plates of gold and silver and incrusted with gems, such as rubies ...

... combina idle mental toil that it is the only sanctioned by priesthoods all beliefs The principal piece in its name king the Persian Shah ruler whose names down posterity ®uch Charlemagne Frederick Great XII Voltaire’ Rousseau Benjamin Franklin been devotee® ...