From Constantinople to the Home of Omar Khayyam
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From Constantinople to the Home of Omar Khayyam

  1. 528 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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From Constantinople to the Home of Omar Khayyam

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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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Information

Publisher
Gorgias Press
Year
2001
eBook ISBN
9781463207625
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. PREFACE
  2. CONTENTS
  3. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  4. LIST OF WORKS OF REFERENCE
  5. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
  6. I . ONCE AGAIN EASTWARD HO!
  7. II. FROM THE BLACK SEA TO THE CASPIAN
  8. III. BAKU, THE CITY OF OIL WELLS
  9. IV. THE OIL-FIELDS AND THE FIRE- TEMPLE OF BAKU
  10. V . OFF TO DERBENT
  11. VI. ON THE CASPIAN TO PERSIA
  12. VII. ALONG THE HIGHWAY TO THE SHAH'S CAPITAL
  13. VIII. TEHERAN AND A NEWER PERSIA
  14. IX. ON THE TRACK OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT
  15. X . THROUGH PLACES PASSED ON ALEXANDER'S ROUTE
  16. XI. THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASS OF AHUAN
  17. XII. DAMGHAN AND ITS ENVIRONS
  18. XIII. EXCURSIONS FROM DAMGHAN TO FRAT AND TAK
  19. XIV. AMONG HISTORIC SITES
  20. XV. OVER THE ANCIENT BATTLE-GROUND OF THE WARS BETWEEN IRAN AND TURAN
  21. XVI. ON THE ROAD TO NISHAPUR
  22. XVII. NISHAPUR, THE HOME OF OMAR KHAYYAM
  23. XVIII. THE TOMB OF OMAR KHAYYAM
  24. XIX. HISTORICAL SKETCH OF JSTISHAPUR
  25. XX. MASHAD, THE HOLY CITY OF PERSIA
  26. XXI. KUINED TUS, THE HOME OR THE POET FIRDAUSI
  27. XXII. AU REVOIR TO PERSIA
  28. GENERAL INDEX
  29. INDEX OF PASSAGES
  30. MAP OF PERSIA AND CENTRAL ASIA