From Constantinople to the Home of Omar Khayyam /
Jackson, A. V. Williams
From Constantinople to the Home of Omar Khayyam / A. V. Williams Jackson. - 1 online resource (528 p.) : over 250 photos
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
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
This is a travel book of historic and literary research through transcaucasia and Northern Persia, with over 250 pictures depicting sites and daily life.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781463207625
10.31826/9781463207625 doi
Travel / Middle East / General.
From Constantinople to the Home of Omar Khayyam / A. V. Williams Jackson. - 1 online resource (528 p.) : over 250 photos
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
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
This is a travel book of historic and literary research through transcaucasia and Northern Persia, with over 250 pictures depicting sites and daily life.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781463207625
10.31826/9781463207625 doi
Travel / Middle East / General.