...and the spoils of a victorious camp. Whole forests were cut down to supply fuel for the kitchens ; the plain was spread with pyramids of meat, and vases of every liquor, to which thousands of guests were courteously invited : the orders of the state, and the nations...

...marriage of six of his grandsons; where, according to Gibbon, following the statement of Sherefedden, ' the plain was spread with pyramids of meat and vases...pearls and rubies were showered on the heads of the bridegrooms and their brides, and contemptuously abandoned to their attendants;' where ' a general...

...marriage of six of his grandsons; where, according to Gibbon, following the statement of Sherefedden, ' the plain was spread with pyramids of meat and vases...pearls and rubies were showered on the heads of the bridegrooms and their brides, and contemptuously abandoned to their attendants;' where ' a general...

...and the spoils of a victorious camp. Whole forests were cut down to supply fuel for the kitchens ; the plain was spread with pyramids of meat, and vases of every liquor, to which thousands of guests were courteously invited : the orders of the state, and the nations...

...count of this fête, tells us that "whole forests were cut down to supply fuel for the kitchens ; and the plain was spread with pyramids of meat, and vases of every liquor, to which thousands of guests were courteously invited." He goes on to say that, " After the...

...every pleasure was allowed, the people were free, and the sovereign presided, a delighted •spectator. Pearls and rubies were showered on the heads of the brides and bridegrooms, and left to be collected by their attendants.* At another feast given by a Khan of Tartary, which lasted...

...the splendour and profusion of the court of Samarcand. Whole forests were cut down to supply fuel ; the plain was spread with pyramids of meat, and vases of every liquor, to which thousands of guests were courteously invited : the orders of the state, and the nations...

...and the spoils of a victorious camp. Whole forests were cut down to supply fuel for the kitchens ; oon on the east oriel shone, Through slender shafts of shapel liquor, to which thousands of guests were courteously invited ; the orders of the state, and the nations...

...and tho spoils of a victorious carnp. Whole forests were cut down to supply fuel for the kitchens ; the plain was spread with pyramids of meat, and vases of every liquor, to which thousands of guests were courteously invited : the orders of the state, and the nations...

...and the spoils of a victorious camp. Whole forests were cut down to supply fuel for the kitchens ; the plain was spread with pyramids of meat, and vases of every liquor, to which thousands of guests were courteously invited ; the orders of the state and the nations...