Note 668 — A NARRATIVE OF ITALIAN TRAVELS IN PERSIA. (continued 4)

Astrabad, a city of about fifty thousand inhabitants, is situated near the mouth of the river Ester, on a bay of the Caspian. It is the capital of a small province of the same name often included in Mazanderan; it is also a treasure city of the reigning family, being the centre of their hereditary possessions.