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'Through Persia on a side-saddle' [‎40] (71/360)

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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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THROUGH PERSIA ON A SIDE-SADDLE
would hold his gun in readiness to fire at the pigeons as
they flashed out of these roosting-places.
We were thankful beyond words that it was not too cold
to sleep in tents, for the caravanserais were most uninviting-
looking places. They are put up as an act of charity by
various Persian benefactors, and are open to all, man, horse,
and mule alike. No one is expected to pay a penny for the
accommodation thus provided, and I believe that Persians
never do so, although Europeans usually give a couple
of krans (ninepence) to the man in charge, who makes
his livelihood by selling forage and occasionally firewood.
He does not consider it incumbent upon him to keep
the place clean, and as it is no one's duty to repair it, it
slowly falls into ruins, the mud walls crumbling away as
the years pass by.

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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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English in Latin script
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'Through Persia on a side-saddle' [‎40] (71/360), British Library: Printed Collections, ORW.1986.a.1864, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023828976.0x000048> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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