John Malcolm

Sketches of Persia

From the Journals of a Traveller in the East

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A nineteenth-century journey through Persia by a British diplomat who spent a considerable part of his career there.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9781108028660
• ISBN-10: 1108028667
• Artikelnr.: 33274434

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Voyage from Bombay to the Persian Gulf
2. Muscat
3. The Persian Gulf and Abusheher
4. Camp at Abusheher
5. Hunting and hawking
6. Elchee's lectures
7. Mountaineers
8. Principal characters of the Mission
9. Importance of forms
10. Fable of the two cats. Preamble to Persian treaty
11. Shiraz
12. Persian servants
13. Travellers and antiquaries.