Darius Kazemi quoted Travels in Persia by Sir John Chardin
In this remarkable account of his second sojourn in Persia, the author paints a splendid …
the Vizier and the Ambassador being equally concern'd to preserve the Honour and Interests of two great Empires, neither of the two would be the first that should forego the smallest Tittle of their Pretensions"
Cannot get over the turns of phrase in this book!
