From Constantinople to the Home of Omar Khayyam: Travels in Transcaucasia and Northern Persia for Historic and Literary ResearchJackson gives an account of his travels in 1907 and 1908, from Constantinople, along the shores of the Black Sea and the Caspian, across Northern Persia, and into Russian Asia. Special attention is given to photos (more than 250). |
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III | 25 |
THE OILFIELDS AND THE FIRETEMPLE OF BAKU | 39 |
ALONG THE HIGHWAY TO THE SHAHS CAPITAL | 84 |
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ad-Din Shah AHUAN Aivan-i Kaif Alexander Alexander's ancient antiquity Arab arch Armenian Baku Barbier de Meynard bazar bricks Bustam Caliphate called caravan caravansarai Caspian Gates century citadel Constantinople Curzon Damghan Darius Derbent Dict Eastern Caliphate Eastwick farsakhs feet Firdausi fortress Fraser Gabr garden géog Goeje grave Grundr Hanway Hecatompylos horses Houtum-Schindler hundred Ibn Rustah Imam inscriptions Iran journey JRAS Kazem-Beg Khan Khurasan Khusrugird king Kumis Lasgird later London Marquart Mashad Masudi mausoleum mentioned Mihr miles minaret mosque Mount mountains Muhammad Mustaufi Nasir ad-Din Nishapur noted Omar Khayyam Omar's Pahlavi Paris passed Peacock Persian Philol photograph plain portal referred Riza road route ruins Russian Sabzavar Sar-Darrah Sasanian Semnan Shah Abbas Shahrud shrine side stone Strange Sykes tablet Teheran temple throne tion tomb tower town Travels Turkoman village walls Yakut Yate Zoroaster Zoroastrian Zotenberg