Persia and its people / Ella C. Sykes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sykes, Ella, 1863-1939.

Series:

Routledge library editions. Iran ; v. 9.

Routledge library editions. Iran ; v. 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National characteristics, Iranian.

Iran--Description and travel.

Iran.

Iran--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (403 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume gives a popular description of Iran and was the result of the author's extensive travelling in the country and close knowledge of its people and customs over a period of 3 years at the turn of the nineteenth century.

Contents:

PERSIA AND ITS PEOPLE; Copyright; PERSIA AND ITS PEOPLE; CONTENTS; CHAPTER I: SOME DESCRIPTION OF PERSIA; CHAPTER II: A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE HISTORY OF PERSIA; CHAPTER III: THE SHAH, HIS CAPITAL AND GOVERNMENT; CHAPTER IV: THE PERSIAN MAN; CHAPTER V: A PERSIAN CITY- MESHED THE HOLY; CHAPTER VI: THE ENVIRONS OF A PERSIAN CITY- MESHED; CHAPTER VII: A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF THE RELIGIONS OF PERSIA; CHAPTER VIII: MUHARRAM; CHAPTER IX: TRAVEL; CHAPTER X: THE PERSIAN WOMAN; CHAPTER XI: COUNTRY LIFE; CHAPTER XII: THE PERSI'AN GULF AND THE KARUN RIVER; CHAPTER XIII: FAUNA AND FLORA

CHAPTER XIV: MARCO POLO IN PERSIACHAPTER XV: A GLANCE AT THE ANTIQUITIES OF PERSIA.; CHAPTER XVI: SPORT AND AMUSEMENTS; CHAPTER XVII: FOUR PERSIAN POETS; CHAPTER XVIII: A SLIGHT ACCOUNT OF THE ARTS AND CRAFTS OF PERSIA; CHAPTER XIX: PERSIAN SUPERSTITIONS AND THE ART OF MEDICINE; INDEX

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Macmillan co.,1910.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-84119-9

1-280-68745-2

1-136-84120-2

9786613664396

0-203-83314-7

9780203833148

OCLC:

804664099