In the land of the lion and sun, or, modern PersiaFront matterReading editionChapter navigation75 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterThe Minerva Library.EDITORIAL NOTE.PREFACE.LIST OF FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS.Chapter I · I GO TO PERSIA.Chapter II · POST JOURNEY TO THE CAPITAL.Chapter III · TEHERAN.Chapter IV · TEHERAN.Chapter V · HAMADAN.Chapter VI · HAMADAN.Chapter VII · HAMADAN.Chapter VIII · HAMADAN.Chapter IX · KERMANSHAH.Chapter X · KERMANSHAH.Chapter XI · I GO TO ISPAHAN.Chapter XII · JULFA.Chapter XIII · ISPAHAN.Chapter XIV · JULFA AND ISPAHAN.Chapter XV · ISPAHAN AND ITS ENVIRONS.Chapter XVI · ISPAHAN AND ITS ENVIRONS.Chapter XVII · ISPAHAN.Chapter XVIII · ISPAHAN.Chapter XIX · MY JOURNEY HOME AND MARCH TO SHIRAZ.Chapter XX · SHIRAZ.Chapter XXI · SHIRAZ WINE-MAKING.Chapter XXII · SHIRAZ AND FUSSA.Chapter XXIII · SHIRAZ.—THE FAMINE.Chapter XXIV · I FALL INTO THE HANDS OF BRIGANDS.Chapter XXV · SHIRAZ.Chapter XXVI · SHIRAZ—PERSIAN CUSTOMS.Chapter XXVII · SHIRAZ.Chapter XXVIII · BEASTS, BIRDS, FRUITS, AND FLOWERS.Chapter XXIX · PERSIAN CHARACTER, COSTUMES, AND MANNERS.Chapter XXX · TRAVELLING—ART WORK—FOODS.Chapter XXXI · EDUCATION. LEAVE, AND RETURN VIÂ INDIA.Chapter XXXII · FROM THE PERSIAN GULF TO ISPAHAN.Chapter XXXIII · JULFA.Chapter XXXIV · JOURNEY TO AND FROM TEHERAN.Chapter XXXV · WE RETURN VIÂ THE CASPIAN.APPENDIX A. Table of Post Stages and Ordinary Marches from Bushire, Persian Gulf, to Teheran.APPENDIX B. Duration of our Journey from Ispahan to London.APPENDIX C. TRAVELLING IN PERSIA.APPENDIX D. RUSSIAN GOODS VERSUS ENGLISH.GLOSSARY OF PERSIAN WORDS,INDEX.Important Illustrated Works by the Editor of the “Minerva Library.”AN INEXPENSIVE LIBRARY OF INDISPENSABLE BOOKS.Volume I.—Ninth Edition.Volume II.—Fourth Edition.Volume III.—Third Edition.Volume IV.—Fourth Edition.Volume V.—Fourth Edition.Volume VI.—Third Edition.Volume VII.—Fourth Edition.Volume VIII.—Third Edition.Volume IX.—Third Edition.Volume X.—Second Edition.Volume XI.—Second Edition.Volume XII.—Second Edition.Volume XIII.—Second Edition.Volume XIV.Volume XV.—Third Edition.Volume XVI.Volume XVII.Volume XVIII.Volume XIX.—Second Edition.Volume XX.Volume XXI.Volume XXII.Volume XXIII.STANDARD POETICAL WORKS.STANDARD WORKS BY GREAT WRITERS.HANDSOME EDITIONS OF STANDARD AUTHORS.THE CHEAPEST STANDARD BOOKS PUBLISHED.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →The Minerva Library.All chapters and sections (75)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsThe Minerva Library.EDITORIAL NOTE.PREFACE.LIST OF FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS.Chapters1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435Other sectionsAPPENDIX A. Table of Post Stages and Ordinary Marches from Bushire, Persian Gulf, to Teheran.APPENDIX B. Duration of our Journey from Ispahan to London.APPENDIX C. TRAVELLING IN PERSIA.APPENDIX D. RUSSIAN GOODS VERSUS ENGLISH.GLOSSARY OF PERSIAN WORDS,INDEX.Important Illustrated Works by the Editor of the “Minerva Library.”AN INEXPENSIVE LIBRARY OF INDISPENSABLE BOOKS.Sections1234567891011121314151617181920212223Volume 23 · Other sectionsSTANDARD POETICAL WORKS.STANDARD WORKS BY GREAT WRITERS.HANDSOME EDITIONS OF STANDARD AUTHORS.THE CHEAPEST STANDARD BOOKS PUBLISHED.IN THE LAND OF THE LION AND SUN.◇The Minerva Library. →