Note 310 — A NARRATIVE OF ITALIAN TRAVELS IN PERSIA. (continued 2)

Herat, a city of great importance in the history of Persia, and the key or gate of India, as it has been aptly described; it is well fortified, and the emporium of commerce between Cabul, Bokhara, Hindostan, and Persia, with a population of forty thousand; it is now subject to Affghanistan.