James Baillie Fraser

Travels and Adventures in the Persian Provinces on the Southern Banks of the Caspian Sea

With an Appendix Containing Short Notices of the Geology and

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 1826 book describes the lives and culture of peoples living on the southern shores of the Caspian Sea.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 398
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 297mm x 210mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 1029g
• ISBN-13: 9781108046657
• ISBN-10: 1108046657
• Artikelnr.: 35110758

Inhaltsangabe

1. Sketches of the author's previous travels, and his arrival at Astrabad
2. Departure from Astrabad
3. Leave Ashruff
4. The city of Saree described
5. Continued residence at Saree
6. Visit to Furrahbad, where Shah Abbas died
7. Leave Saree
8. Leave Balfroosh
9. Circumstances attending the author's reception at Resht
10. Short account of Gheelan
11. The Ramazan, or Mahometan lent
12. Accident to a boy
13. Trait of the young prince
14. Diseases of Gheelan
15. News from Tehran, and reports of the prince's movements
16. The journey resumed
17. The author and his servant disagreeably awakened
18. The eide
19. The author quits Resht and arrives at Enzellee
20. Tombs of Sheikh Suffee, and Shah Ismael described
21. The author finds Mr. Willock and Dr. Macneil had left Persia
22. Death of the Caimookan
Appendix: 1. Geological observations on certain parts of Persia
2. Containing some account of the commerce of Persia.