ABSTRACT
Having heard this lamentable event, and seen the customs of the abovenamed city and island of Ormus, departing thence I passed into Persia, and travelling for twelve days I found a city called Eri,2 and the country is called Cora-
1 I have not succeeded in finding any historical notices corroborative of the events recorded in this chapter ; but the following extract from ihe Histoire des Voyages, referring to the capture of the island by Albu querque in 1508, four years subsequent to Yarthema’s visit, tends to confirm several o f the principal facts narrated :— “ Albuquerque trouva sur le trdne Sayf Addin, jeune prince d’environ douze ans, dont les affaires etoient gouvern6es par un esclave adroit et courageux.” Vol. i. p. 109.