3 . ▁ ▁At ▁S api as , ▁he ▁was ▁ro bb ed ▁by ▁the ▁M ing re li ans ▁of ▁all ▁he ▁possessed ▁except ▁two ▁small ▁bund les , ▁worth ▁£ 6 , 0 0 0 . ▁ ▁He ▁stayed ▁at ▁I sp ah an ▁four ▁years , ▁following ▁the ▁court ▁in ▁all ▁its ▁remov als , ▁and ▁making ▁particular ▁jour ne ys ▁throughout ▁the ▁land , ▁from ▁the ▁C asp ian ▁to ▁the ▁Pers ian ▁G ulf ▁and ▁the ▁river ▁Ind us , ▁and ▁visit ing ▁several ▁Indian ▁cities . ▁ ▁By ▁these ▁two ▁jour ne ys ▁he ▁real ised ▁a ▁considerable ▁fortune , ▁and , ▁dec iding ▁to ▁return ▁home , ▁reached ▁Europe ▁in ▁ 1 6 7 7 ▁by ▁a ▁voyage ▁round ▁the ▁Cape ▁of ▁Good ▁Hope . ▁ ▁Of ▁four ▁volumes ▁originally ▁project ed ▁the ▁first ▁volume ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 6 8 6 , ▁Journal ▁du ▁Vo y age ▁. ▁. ▁. ▁de ▁Ch ardin ▁en ▁Parse ▁et ▁aux ▁Ind es ▁Orient ales , ▁London , ▁fol . ▁ ▁An ▁English ▁translation ▁was ▁issued ▁concurrent ly . ▁ ▁This ▁volume ▁contains ▁the ▁author ' s ▁journey ▁from ▁Paris ▁to ▁I sp ah an , ▁and ▁has ▁the ▁author ' s ▁half - length ▁portrait ▁by ▁Log gan , ▁with ▁eigh teen ▁co pper ▁pl ates , ▁mostly ▁fol ding . ▁ ▁His ▁former ▁work ▁is ▁repr int ed ▁there ▁with ▁a ▁ful some ▁' E p ist le ▁D edic atory ▁to ▁James ▁II .' ▁