In the Land of the Lion and Sun

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Author

Wills, C. J. (Charles James), 1842-1912

Title

In the land of the lion and sun, or, modern Persia : Being experiences of life in Persia from 1866 to 1881

Original Publication

London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1891.

Credits

Peter Becker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia

Subject

Wills, C. J. (Charles James), 1842-1912 -- Travel -- Iran

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 72128

Release Date

November 14, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Minerva Library.
2. 2.EDITORIAL NOTE.
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.LIST OF FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS.
6. 6.IN THE LAND OF THE LION AND SUN. — CHAPTER I. I GO TO PERSIA.
7. 7.CHAPTER II. POST JOURNEY TO THE CAPITAL.
8. 8.CHAPTER III. TEHERAN.
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. TEHERAN.
10. 10.CHAPTER V. HAMADAN.
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. HAMADAN.
12. 12.CHAPTER VII. HAMADAN.
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. HAMADAN.
14. 14.CHAPTER IX. KERMANSHAH.
15. 15.CHAPTER X. KERMANSHAH.
16. 16.CHAPTER XI. I GO TO ISPAHAN.
17. 17.CHAPTER XII. JULFA.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. ISPAHAN.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. JULFA AND ISPAHAN.
20. 20.CHAPTER XV. ISPAHAN AND ITS ENVIRONS.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. ISPAHAN AND ITS ENVIRONS.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. ISPAHAN.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. ISPAHAN.
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX. MY JOURNEY HOME AND MARCH TO SHIRAZ.
25. 25.CHAPTER XX. SHIRAZ.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI. SHIRAZ WINE-MAKING.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXII. SHIRAZ AND FUSSA.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII. SHIRAZ.—THE FAMINE.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV. I FALL INTO THE HANDS OF BRIGANDS.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXV. SHIRAZ.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI. SHIRAZ—PERSIAN CUSTOMS.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII. SHIRAZ.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII. BEASTS, BIRDS, FRUITS, AND FLOWERS.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXIX. PERSIAN CHARACTER, COSTUMES, AND MANNERS.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXX. TRAVELLING—ART WORK—FOODS.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXI. EDUCATION. LEAVE, AND RETURN VIÂ INDIA.
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXII. FROM THE PERSIAN GULF TO ISPAHAN.
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIII. JULFA.
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIV. JOURNEY TO AND FROM TEHERAN.
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXV. WE RETURN VIÂ THE CASPIAN. — OUR JOURNEY HOME.
41. 41.APPENDIX A. Table of Post Stages and Ordinary Marches from Bushire, Persian Gulf, to Teheran.
42. 42.APPENDIX B. Duration of our Journey from Ispahan to London.
43. 43.APPENDIX C. TRAVELLING IN PERSIA.
44. 44.APPENDIX D. RUSSIAN GOODS VERSUS ENGLISH.
45. 45.GLOSSARY OF PERSIAN WORDS,
46. 46.FOOTNOTES
47. 47.INDEX.
48. 48.BY THE SAME AUTHOR. — PERSIA AS IT IS. Being Sketches of Modern Persian Life and Character. — JOHN SQUIRE’S SECRET. — THE PIT TOWN CORONET. — THE GREAT DORÉMI. — In Collaboration With F. C. PHILIPS. — JARDYNE’S WIFE.
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