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'Through Persia on a side-saddle' [‎92] (123/360)

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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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92 THROUGH PERSIA ON A SIDE-SADDLE
became part of the Parthian empire, until Ardeshir, well
known in local legend, captured Kerman and founded
the Sassanian dynasty, and it was to Kerman that
Yezdigird III., the last of the Sassanian monarchs, is
supposed to have fled when the Arabs, under Omar,
conquered Persia. Kerman, in the Middle Ages, was
actually a Nestorian See, part of that great missionary
Church which had schools of divinity and philosophy
throughout Asia during the fourteenth century, and of
which the so-called Syrian Church is the last remnant.
Perhaps, however, one of the most interesting facts about
it is its connection with the great Venetian traveller, Marco
Polo, who visited the city twice at the end of the thirteenth
century.
Few places have suffered more at the hands of invaders.
Kerman has been sacked by Omar, Jenghiz Khan, Timur,
the Afghans, and Nadir Shah in turn, while in 1794 the
savage Agha Muhammed Khan, founder of the present
Kajar dynasty, almost entirely demolished the city. Lutf
Ali Khan, the last of the Zend dynasty, held out here
against the fierce besieger with great gallantry, and sus
tained a severe siege, two-thirds of his troops dying of
privation, until the city was betrayed by treachery into the
hands of the enemy, and its brave prince had perforce
to make his escape to Bam. Agha Muhammed Khan
then gave over Kerman to his soldiery, who worked their
will on its hapless inhabitants; nor, it is said, would he
withdraw his troops until he had received a gift of 20,000
pairs of human eyes! It is not surprising to hear that the
city never recovered from this crushing blow, and among
Persian towns it is a by-word at the present day for its
poverty and the number of its beggars.

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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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