Across Coveted Lands - Volume I

Across Coveted Lands - Volume I

Arnold Henry Savage Landor, english painter, explorer, writer and anthropologist (1865-1924)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- THE START—THE TERRORS OF THE RUSSIAN CUSTOM-HOUSE

-03- KIEV—ITS PROTECTING SAINT

-04- BAKU—UNNECESSARY ANXIETY

-05- THE PORT OF ENZELI

-06- RESHT - IMPOSTORS - A VISIT TO THE HEAD MULLAH

-07- A JOURNEY BY LANDAU AND FOUR

-08- MENZIL AND THE WINDS

-09- FOUR THOUSAND FEET ABOVE SEA-LEVEL

-10- TEHERAN—THE SEAT OF THE KAJAR FAMILY

-11- GERMANY A STUMBLING-BLOCK TO RUSSIA'S AND ENGLAND'S SUPREMACY

-12- VISITS TO HIGH PERSIAN OFFICIALS

-13- THE PERSIAN ARMY

-14- CASH AND WEALTH

-15- THE BANKS OF PERSIA

-16- ILLEGITIMATE BANK-NOTES

-17- RUSSIA ON THE BRAIN

-18- EDUCATION—EDUCATED BUT NOT INSTRUCTED

-19- PERSIA'S INDUSTRIAL, MINERAL AND AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES

-20- A PERSIAN WEDDING—POLYGAMY

-21- PERSIAN WOMEN—THEIR ANATOMY

-22- THE SHAH'S BIRTHDAY—ILLUMINATIONS

-23- THE SHAH'S PALACE—THE FINEST COURT

-24- THE SELECTION OF A SERVANT

-25- SEVERE WIND—KUM, THE HOLY CITY

-26- KASHAN—SILK MANUFACTORIES

-27- CROSSING THE PASS

-28- MISSIONARY WORK IN PERSIA

-29- THE MISSION AMONG JEWS

-30- THE SQUARE OF ISFAHAN

-31- THE BRASS BAZAAR—MIRROR SHOP

-32- A CARPET FACTORY—CHILDREN AT WORK

-33- THE GRAND AVENUE OF ISFAHAN

-34- ISFAHAN THE COMMERCIAL HEART OF PERSIA

-35- MAHOMMERAH

-36- THE BRITISH CONSUL-GENERAL IN ISFAHAN

-37- KHUPAH—SUNKEN WELL

-38- BAMBIS—THE KASHSAN-YEZD HIGH ROAD

-39- YEZD—WATER SUPPLY—CLIMATE

-40- THE GUEBRES OF YEZD

-41- BADJIRS—BELOW THE SAND LEVEL

-42- DESOLATE SCENERY—ANAR

-43- KERMAN—THE ARK OR CITADEL

-44- THE MADRASSAH—PEACE ON ABRAHAM

-45- THE DESERTED CITY OF FARMIDAN