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‘An autumn tour in western Persia’ [67] (76/350)
The record is made up of 1 volume (266 pages). It was created in 1902. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.
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AN AUTUMN TOUR
terror, he explained to the Bakhtiaris that
the mules belonged to the British Minister.
They at once apologised and drew off,
requesting the orderly to explain to the
"Vezir Mukhtar" that they were very
sorry to have given so much trouble, but
that they did not know the caravan was
his. It was really very civil of them.
But that is the way in Persia. Robbers
are quite open to reason. Some years ago
one of the Legation orderlies, coming up
from Shiraz with mails, was shot at by rob
bers and wounded. They ordered him to
give up all that he had with him. He was
forced to do it, but pointed out that he was
carrying some English despatches, and also
a hat for a gentleman in Tehran, which he
said would be of no use to them. They
immediately agreed, and restored both hat
and despatches, carrying off, however, every
thing of value. By which words I mean
no disrespect to the Foreign Office. On
another occasion an Englishman, belonging
to the bank in Tehran, was attacked by
robbers, and also ordered to give up all his
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An Autumn tour in western Persia , authored by Lady Ella Rebe Durand.
Publication details: Published by Archibald Constable and Co Limited, of 2 Whitehall Gardens, Westminster.
Physical description: Octavo, includes fold-out map.
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- 1 volume (266 pages)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged into eighteen chapters, but does not include a contents or index page. A list of illustrations featured in the volume is included (page 9).
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Dimensions: 220mm x 150mm.
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- T 10462
- Title
- ‘An autumn tour in western Persia’
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:154, 154a:154b, 155:178, 178a:178b, 179:270, 1:64, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
- Author
- Durand, Lady Ella Rebe
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- Public Domain