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.