that he years before his journey he wrote to iran and the court of shah sultan hossein of the safavid dynasty. john bell was a scottish doctor who served the tsar of russia, and when the tsar sent an ambassador named artomi petrovich to iran , he also came to iran as a doctor of the russian delegation and with shah sultan hossein visited in 1329, actually in the last years of safavid rule. he comes and sees iran. he starts his journey from rajab 127 a.h. from st. petersburg and reaches the border of iran in ramadan 1328, and along the way from tabriz to isfahan, he meets with various ethnic groups and political figures of that time in iran. and also refers to the situation of different cities of iran in different fields. after 3 days , we left tabriz. after a few days , we reached a small town called zanjan, and we landed in a suitable caravanserai because there was heavy snow . we stopped for two days. which provides this travelogue is valuable because in the last years of safavid this siyab came to iran and provides a good report about the social, economic and military situation of