The Pageant of Persia: A Record of Travel by Motor in Persia with an Account of Its Ancient and Modern Ways

ISBN-13: 9781138568655 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 486 str.

Henry Filmer

Opis

It is the dawn of history and of the dispersion of the Indo-European peoples. They are breaking their tents in central Asia along the Hindu Kush and the Pamirs, primitive Aryans with their dogs and their herds of domesticated animals. In their trek they will proceed to the farthest confines of Europe.

Spis treści

1. From Tehran to Mohammerah Through Luristan and Elam  2. Persepolis, Cradle of the Persian Nation  3. Rose-Petaled Shiraz and Peerless Ispahan  4. The Desert Cities of Kerman and Yezd  5. Mithraism, the Magi and Zoroastrianism  6. The Shi’a Pilgrim Road through Khorasan to Meshed  7. Religions in Persia after Zoroaster  8. Through Persian Azerbaijan and Kurdistan  9. Baghdad to Teheran through Kermansah, Hamadan and Kazvin  10. Teheran and the Caspian Provinces   11. Modern Persian History in the light of Anglo-Russian Rivalry 12. The March of Modernism in Persia Dynasties and Rulers of Persia

O autorze

Henry Filmer