The Virginia Gazette

The Persian Merchants settled at Amsterdam, have lately received Letters from their Relations and Correspondents at Ispahan, dated the 6th of January, which say, that their new Sovereign Kouli Kan, continues there, and by his mild prudent Government, wins the Hearts of the People every Day more and more: that he had ordered them, without Distinction of Sect, or Nation, to live in Union and Concord; to support one another without seeking another's Prejudice, and that they should in him find the Tenderness of a true Father.

They add, that this Order has had such an Effect, that there's an universal Tranquility, not only in that Capital, but in all the Provinces, except that of Candahar, where the Brother of the famous Miriweis had assembled a very numerous Army to make an Incursion into Persia; that Kouli Kan had detached a Part of his Army against him, and that the rest continued at Casbin, which was about 8 or 10 Days March from Ispahan.

These Letters are the more to be credited, because the Merchants of Ispahan have given Orders to their Agents settled at Amsterdam, to send their Goods from Europe, which they should not have wrote for, if their Country did not enjoy a perfect Tranquility.