The struggle for Persia / Donald Stuart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stuart, Donald.

Series:

Routledge Library Editions: Iran

Routledge library editions. Iran ; vol. 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eastern question (Central Asia).

Iran--Civilization.

Iran.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2011, c1902.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume is an account of the journey the author made between Eastern Russia (via Tabriz) to Teheran at the turn of the twentieth century. This is not just a travelogue, however, but a lament for the loss of British "prestige" and power in the region to Russia.

Contents:

THE STRUGGLE FOR PERSIA; Copyright; THE STRUGGLE FOR PERSIA; Copyright; CONTENTS; CHAPTER I: ""EASTWARD H O ! ""; CHAPTER II: ODESSA AND THE CRIMEA; CHAPTER III: THE BLACK SEA (AFOU, SUCHUM, ETC.); CHAPTER IV: BATOUM (THE PLAGUE); CHAPTER V: TIFLIS; CHAPTER VI: FAREWELL CIVILISATION (A RUSSIAN POST HOUSE]; CHAPTER VII: WE JOLT OUR WEARY LENGTH ALONG; CHAPTER VIII: THE LAND OF THE LION AND THE SUN; CHAPTER IX: TAZA-KAND (DREADFUL EXPERIENCES); CHAPTER X: TABRIZ; CHAPTER XI: A DAY'S SHOOTING; CHAPTER XII: A VERMIN DISTRICT; CHAPTER XIII: THE KAFLAN-KUH; CHAPTER XIV: TEHERAN

CHAPTER XV: TEHERAN-(Continued)CHAPTER XVI: THE PEACOCK THRONE; CHAPTER XVII: THE SHAH'S ARMY; CHAPTER XVIII: THE RUSSIAN OCTOPUS; CHAPTER XIX: RAILWAY ENTERPRISE; CHAPTER XX: How IT ALL CAME ABOUT; CHAPTER XXI: MESHED AND BUSHIRE (TURQUOISE AND PEARL); CHAPTER XXII: WHAT THE FUTURE WILL BRING FORTH; CHAPTER XXIII: THROUGH ""HOLY RUSSIA""; CHAPTER XXIV: ENGLAND TO THE RESCUE

Notes:

First published in 1902 by Methuen & Co.

ISBN:

1-136-84126-1

1-280-68460-7

1-136-84127-X

9786613661548

0-203-83315-5

9780203833155

OCLC:

804664097