From Constantinople to the home of Omar Khayyam : travels in Transcaucasia and northern Persia for historic and literary research
xxxiii, 317 pages, 81 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780404090128, 0404090125
1093873
Preface
List of illustrations
List of works of reference
List of abbreviations
Once again eastward ho!
From the Black Sea to the Caspian
Baku, the city of oil wells
The oil-fields and the fire-temple of Baku
Off to Derbent
On the Caspian to Persia
Along the highway to the Shah's capital
Teheran and a newer Persia
On the track of Alexander the Great
Through places passed on Alexander's route
Through the mountain pass of Ahuan
Damghan and its environs
Excursions from Damghan to Frat and Tak
Among historic sites
Over the ancient battle-ground of the wars between Iran and Turan
On the road to Nishapur
Nishapur, the home of Omar Khayyam
The tomb of Omar Khayyam
Historical sketch of Nishapur
Mashad, the holy city of Persia
Ruined Tus, the home of the poet Firdausi
Au revoir to Persia
General index
Index of passages
Map of Persia and central Asia
Reprint of the 1911 ed. published by Macmillan, New York
Includes indexes