ABSTRACT

This volume gives a popular description of Iran and was the result of the author’s extensive travelling in the country and close knowledge of its people and customs over a period of 3 years at the turn of the nineteenth century.

chapter I|12 pages

Some Description of Persia

chapter II|26 pages

A Bird's-Eye View of the History of Persia

chapter III|24 pages

The Shah, his Capital and Government

chapter IV|25 pages

The Persian Man

chapter V|18 pages

A Persian City—Meshed The Holy

chapter VI|16 pages

The Environs of a Persian City–Meshed

chapter VII|22 pages

A Popular Account of the Religions of Persia

chapter VIII|13 pages

Muharram

chapter IX|39 pages

Travel

chapter X|14 pages

The Persian Woman

chapter XI|14 pages

Country Life

chapter XII|14 pages

The Persian Gulf and the Karun River

chapter XIII|22 pages

Fauna and Flora

chapter XIV|10 pages

Marco Polo in Persia

chapter XV|7 pages

A Glance at the Antiquities of Persia

chapter XVI|7 pages

Sport and Amusements

chapter XVII|31 pages

Four Persian Poets1

chapter XIX|16 pages

Persian Superstitions and the Art of Medicine