[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Storia do Mogor](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci) › [Storia do Mogor (Irvine)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine) › 33 # Storia do Mogor 33: CHAPTER IX · WE QUIT QAZWIN AND ARRIVE AT ISFAHAN Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 33 - **Language:** English ### [33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.33) WE came out of Qazwin to start for Isfahan, and neither at the time of leaving nor during the journey were the accustomed supplies delivered to us. None the less, we managed to make our journey in sufficient comfort, and in twelve days we reached Isfahan, where there was made over to us as a dwelling a large house with a lovely garden. It was the property of the general of the king's artillery, who was then in Qazwin. There we fed ourselves at our own expense. Finally, at the end of three months, when winter had passed, the king arrived at Isfahan, and we were obliged to leave that house where the general lived, and they made over to us another. After a few days the ambassador sent a message to 'Azamat-ud-daulah that he desired to pay him a visit, but the answer returned was that in these days, the king being newly arrived, he was very much occupied, and he (the ambassador) must have a little patience, and that notice \[14\] would be given of the time when they could meet. Thus matters were kept in suspense till the answer from Smyrna should arrive. Finally, they learnt that, without any doubt, the Belmont (Lord Bellomont) had been sent as ambassador, and that he was of the rank he asserted. Three months after the king's arrival at Isfahan 'Azamat-ud-daulah sent for the ambassador, and held with him a long conversation. I was present the whole time, quite close to the ambassador, who put me forward as his son. In the speech he made he (the ambassador) told how the king, Charles I., was unjustly beheaded by his subjects, who into his place had raised a man of low origin, banishing King Charles II. and his brother James from the kingdom and persecuting them. He had, therefore, come to His Majesty of Persia to ask for help, in accordance with the friendship which had always existed between the crowns of England and of Persia. 'Azamat-ud-daulah asked in what way could his king give aid such as he required. Then the ambassador replied that he should call to mind the word given long ago by the King of Persia to afford help to the King of Great Britain, should occasion arise. That also he still owed for the expenses incurred by the King of England when he sent a fleet to take the fortress of Orumus (Ormuz) from the hands of the Portuguese, and made it over to Persia. It was also most desirable that he should assist King Charles II. at this conjuncture, by expelling from his dominions all the English who were partisans of the rebellion, and compel them to abandon their trade. By thus doing the praise of the generous acts of the famous Persian king would go through all the world. 'Azamat-ud-daulah, having listened to this reasoning with a solemn countenance, replied with a smile that he would report to the king all that had been said, and would give an answer afterwards. With this ended the interview. - [Previous: 32.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.32.6) - [Next: 34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.34) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.33) · Pramāṇa