| Voyages and travels - 1776 - 308 pages
...fome of the great men had filver ftirrups. The Shah himfelf had tour complete lets of horfcfurniture, one mounted with pearls, another .with, rubies, a third with emeralds, and a foupth with diamonds, many of which were of an incredible f\'i&. CHAP. VI. Departure from tie Per/tan... | |
| John Pugh - Iran - 1798 - 240 pages
...encouraged the wearing of coftly furniture, particularly for the horfe. He himfelf had four complete fets, one mounted with pearls, another with rubies, a third with emeralds, and the laft with diamonds, moft of which were of a prodigious fize ; but fet in a barbarous tafte, feveral... | |
| John Pugh (attorney.) - 1798 - 238 pages
...encouraged the wearing of coftly furniture, particularly for the horfe. He himfelf had four complete fets, one mounted with. pearls, another with rubies, a third with emeralds, and the laft with diamonds, moft of which were of a prodigious fize ; but fet in a barbarous tafte, feveral... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - Discoveries in geography - 1802 - 356 pages
...camp. The horse furniture belonging to Nadir was to the last degree expensive. He had four sets of. it, one mounted with pearls, another with rubies, a third with emeralds, and a fourth with diamonds of great magnitude. The immense value of those trappings could only be equalled by the barbarous taste... | |
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