Ch.XXIV, p.532, f.2
"The inhabitants of Zanjan came in crowds to meet him and offered
sacrifices of oxen, chickens and sheep. Twelve children, each twelve years
of age, with red kerchiefs about their necks to show their readiness to
sacrifice their all, were in the center of the cortege. It proved a
triumphal entry." (Ibid., p. 334.)