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'Through Persia on a side-saddle' [‎24] (53/360)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (313 pages). It was created in 1901. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.

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Hip! 55
24 THROUGH PERSIA ON A SIDE-SADDLE
and cutlery, with masses of the cut-glass candelabra and
lustres so dear to the Persian soul.
Laden camels, mules, and donkeys struggle along the
passages, while horsemen push their way among the pedes
trians, who never trouble to yield to anyone, the veiled
women gazing intently at small cases of jewellery being the
chief offenders, as they bargain furiously for a pair of
earrings or a tawdry-looking brooch.
It was interesting to watch the making of brass jugs and
basins for rose-water, the fashioning of kolahs, the turning
of kalian - tops, and the adorning of travelling - trunks.
These latter are very roughly made of strips of deal, and
then covered with leather, dyed red, which is painted with
black patterns according to the fancy of the artist. The
boxes are then strengthened with long strips of tin nailed
at intervals all round the sides, and the cumbrous articles
are complete.
The sweetmeat stalls were quite a sight, displaying large
sugar-candy bowls with stalagmites of candy branching up
from the bottom, almond paste, toffee, and macaroons of
every description ; while some of the confectioners seemed
to be engaged in a tug-of-war, pulling boiled masses of
sugar until the stuff sprang apart into the finest threads.
The clothes stalls had a few green and blue silk under
coats for the men, and gauze veils and embroidered velvet
jackets for the women ; but these were entirely swamped
by the dingy browns and blacks and greys of the great
majority of the garments.
It was forcibly borne upon me that here was by no
means a place to shop for the traveller in search of carpets
and curios. The trade in such things seemed to be
entirely in the hands of the dellals, or merchants, men

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Through Persia on a side-saddle.

With an introduction by Major-General Sir Frederic John Goldsmid, CB, KCSI.

Author: Ella C Sykes

Publication details: London, John Macqueen, 1901.

Physical description: xvi, 313 p; 8º.

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1 volume (313 pages)
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This volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings ans page references. There is also a list of illustrations giving titles and page references.

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Dimensions: 225mm x 150mm

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