Volume 1 — Illustrations—Volume I
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His Majesty the Shah of PersiaFrontispiece
The Baku Oil Wells20
The Amir of Bokhara leaving Baku to return to his Country26
Persian Wrestling38
Fourgons on the Russian Road between Resht and Teheran50
Making a Kanat74
The Murderer of Nasr-ed-din Shah90
Persian Cossacks (Teheran) Drilled by Russian Officers100
The Eftetahié College, supported by Meftah-el-Mulk102
H. E. Mushir-ed-Doulet, Minister of Foreign Affairs106
Persian Soldiers—The Band112
Recruits learning Music112
The Arrival of a Caravan of Silver at the Imperial Bank of Persia126
The Imperial Bank of Persia Decorated on the Shah's Birthday134
A Typical Persian Window. (Mr. Rabino's House, Teheran.)140
The First Position in Persian Wrestling158
Palawans, or Strong Men giving a Display of Feats of Strength158
Iman Jumeh. Head Priest of Teheran, and Official Sayer of Prayers to the Shah170
Sahib Divan, who was at various periods Governor of Shiraz and Khorassan190
Persian Woman and Child206
A Picturesque Beggar Girl206
Ruku Sultaneh, Brother of the present Shah218
The Shah in his Automobile224
The Sadrazam's (Prime Minister's) Residence, Teheran224
In the Shah's Palace Grounds, Teheran230
The Shah and his Suite240
Rock Sculpture near Shah-Abdul-Azim244
Author's Diligence between Teheran and Kum244
The Track along the Kohrut Dam270
Between Gyabrabad and Kohrut270
The Interior of Chappar Khana at Kohrut272
Chapparing—the Author's post horses278
Persian Escort firing at Brigands278
Jewish Girls, Isfahan292
An Isfahan Jew292
The Square, Isfahan298
The Palace Gate, Isfahan304
Boys Weaving a Carpet314
Cotton Cleaners314
Handsome Doorway in the Madrassah, Isfahan322
One of Zil-es-Sultan's Eunuchs326
The "Hall of Forty Columns," Isfahan326
The Quivering Minarets near Isfahan330
H.R.H. Zil-es-Sultan, Governor of Isfahan350
Agriculture and Pigeon Towers near Isfahan352
Persian Spinning Wheels and Weaving Looms366
Halting at a Caravanserai380
A Street in Yezd, showing High Badjirs or Ventilating Shafts380
Ardeshir Meheban Irani and the Leading Members of the Anguman-i-Nasseri (Parsee National Assembly), Yezd394
Parsee Priests of Yezd Officiating during Ceremony in their Fire Temple400
Interior of Old Caravanserai with Central Water Tank410
Typical Caravanserai and Mud Fort in the Desert between Yezd and Kerman414
A Trade Caravanserai, Kerman414
H. E. Ala-el-Mulk, Governor of Kerman, in his Palace432
Tiled Walls and Picturesque Windows in the Madrassah, Kerman438
Sirkar Agha's Son, the Head of the Sheikhi Sect, Kerman438
The Interior of a Hammam or Bath—First Room442
The Hot Room in a Persian Bath444
The Kala-i-Dukhtar or Virgin Fort444
Graveyard and Kala-i-Dukhtar or Virgin Fort, Kerman446
Ruined Houses of Farmitan450
Plan of House at Farmitan450
A Steep Rock Climb, Kerman454
A View of the Kerman Plain from the "Ya Ali" Inscription458
Wives Returning from the Pilgrimage for Sterile Women458
Map at the End of Volume.461