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4 HERAUT.
5 tTERAUT is included within the Dooraunee limits, ami ought to
6 have been described with the lands of tliat tribe, but &s it was
7 always a distinct government, and is now almost an indepetklmt
8 tlate, it seemed more suitable to .treat of. it MfMltelj.
9 Heiwitt finsnarly called Hcri> it one of tite moat amaant and mat
10 MMmned of ail flie cities of the eeat. It gave ilv name to en esften-
11 tm provinoe at the time of the expedition of Alesander, and it «■#
12 fiv a long time the oyital of the empiret whidi waa tnuiamifttod by
13 Tanedane to hia aoiu. Fkom the hou^e of Timour it peaaed to the
14 Snffiweea (or Sofia) of Feiaia* fiom whom it waa takm bj the Doo-
15 raunees in 1715. It was retaken by Naudir Sbauh in 1731, and it
16 fell into the hands of Ahmed Shauh in 1749^ aiDoe ivhich time it haa
17 been held by the Dooraunees.
18 The deacariptions I have already gnren of A^j^iami atiea, leeve me
19 little to aaijr ik Herau^ which perhapa auipaaiqa them all in magniii-
20 cence. I must, however, notice the great mosque, a lofty and spa-
21 cious buildintr, surmounted by domes and minarets, and ornamented
22 with the shimng punted tile* which ia ao much uaed in all Pecsiaa
23 buildings.
24 The city is surrounded by a broad ditch, filled with water from
25 ttpi ings. It has a high rampart of unburnf brick, the lower part of
26 which is strengthened bv the earth of flu' ditch heaped up against it.
27 On the northern side is the ciLodei, built on a mound which over-
28 looks the town. It has a rampart of burnt brick, and a wet ditch.
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