From Constantinople to the Home of Omar Khayyam / / A. V. Williams Jackson.
This is a travel book of historic and literary research through transcaucasia and Northern Persia, with over 250 pictures depicting sites and daily life.
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2001] ©2001 |
Year of Publication: | 2001 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (528 p.) :; over 250 photos |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- LIST OF WORKS OF REFERENCE -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- I . ONCE AGAIN EASTWARD HO! -- II. FROM THE BLACK SEA TO THE CASPIAN -- III. BAKU, THE CITY OF OIL WELLS -- IV. THE OIL-FIELDS AND THE FIRE- TEMPLE OF BAKU -- V . OFF TO DERBENT -- VI. ON THE CASPIAN TO PERSIA -- VII. ALONG THE HIGHWAY TO THE SHAH'S CAPITAL -- VIII. TEHERAN AND A NEWER PERSIA -- IX. ON THE TRACK OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT -- X . THROUGH PLACES PASSED ON ALEXANDER'S ROUTE -- XI. THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASS OF AHUAN -- XII. DAMGHAN AND ITS ENVIRONS -- XIII. EXCURSIONS FROM DAMGHAN TO FRAT AND TAK -- XIV. AMONG HISTORIC SITES -- XV. OVER THE ANCIENT BATTLE-GROUND OF THE WARS BETWEEN IRAN AND TURAN -- XVI. ON THE ROAD TO NISHAPUR -- XVII. NISHAPUR, THE HOME OF OMAR KHAYYAM -- XVIII. THE TOMB OF OMAR KHAYYAM -- XIX. HISTORICAL SKETCH OF JSTISHAPUR -- XX. MASHAD, THE HOLY CITY OF PERSIA -- XXI. KUINED TUS, THE HOME OR THE POET FIRDAUSI -- XXII. AU REVOIR TO PERSIA -- GENERAL INDEX -- INDEX OF PASSAGES -- MAP OF PERSIA AND CENTRAL ASIA -- Backmatter |
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Summary: | This is a travel book of historic and literary research through transcaucasia and Northern Persia, with over 250 pictures depicting sites and daily life. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781463207625 9783111024141 9783110663037 |
DOI: | 10.31826/9781463207625 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | A. V. Williams Jackson. |