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CONTENTS.
PART III. RELIGION. | |
| CHAP. | PAGE |
| I.—Religion of the Persians—Difference between their Creed and the of the Turks, | 81 |
| II.—Doctrines— | |
| Sect. I—Of God, the Resurrection, and a Future State, | 83 |
| Sect. II—Of Ali—Of the Title of Imam—Of Mehdy, | 84 |
| III.—Religious Ceremonies— | |
| Sect. I.—Purifications, | 85 |
| Sect, II.—Prayers, | 87 |
| Sect. III.—Alms and Fasts, | 88 |
| Sect. IV.—Pilgrimage, | 90 |
| IV.—Religious Festivals, | 90 |
| V.—Of the Sofis, | 94 |
| VI.—Religious Toleration, | 95 |
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PART IV. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. | |
| I.—Character of the Persians, | 99 |
| II.—Nomination and Circumcision of Infants, | 104 |
| III.—Education of the Persians, | 107 |
| IV.—Marriage, | 108 |
| V.—Funerals and Tombs, | 109 |
| VI.—Costume of the Persians, | 111 |
| VII.—Of the Women of Persia— | |
| Sect. I.—Of their Education, | 114 |
| Sect. II.—Of the Condition of the Female Sex in Persia, | 116 |
| Sect. III.—Occupations and way of Life of the Women of Persia, | 120 |
| Sect. IV.—Characters of Beauty among the Persians, | 120 |
| Sect. V—Costume of the Persian Women, | 123 |
| VIII.—Of certain habits of the Persians, | 124 |
| IX.—Superstition of the Persians, | 126 |
| X.—Of the Manner in which the Persians calculate and spend their Time, | 129 |
| XI.—Visits and Entertainments of the Persians, | 130 |
| XII.—Amusements and Exercises— | |
| Sect. I.—Amusements, | 136 |
| Sect. II.—Exercises, | 137 |
| Sect. III.—Hunting—Field-Sports, and Horse-Racing, | 140 |
| Sect. IV.—Games, | 142 |
| XIII.—Of the Houses of the Persians, | 143 |
| XIV.—Baths, | 147 |
| XV.—Manner of Travelling-Caravanserais, | 149 |
| XVI.—Of the Festival of Nowroose, or New-Year's Day, | 154 |
| XVII.—Manners and Customs of the Guebres, Armenians, Courds, and Gypsies— | |
| Sect. I.—The Guebres, | 156 |
| Sect. II.—The Armenians, | 158 |
