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'Through Persia on a side-saddle' [‎157] (190/360)

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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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OUR SOCIAL CIRCLE AT HERMAN
neither Shah Niamatullah nor the lions were provided
with matches, the intelligent animals lay huddled up
close together on the brushwood, until the heat of their
bodies set it on fire, after which process the gazelle was
cooked to a turn! Many people, hearing of these mar
vellous experiences, tried to visit a spot where the lions
served man so well, but from that day it was never seen
again by mortal eyes.
Some time after this episode the saint made his way to
Persia, where he was received with great honour at Court,
and consulted on all matters of State. And at last, full
of years and honours, he ended his days at Mahun, at the
ripe age of one hundred and four, the great Shah Abbas
erecting a sepulchre above his remains to keep his memory
green.
The predecessor of the present Shah 1 built the graceful
blue-domed shrine which is such a prominent feature in
the Mahun landscape ; and this brings to the mind another
of Shah Niamatullah's prophecies, to the effect that the
last Shah of Persia would be called Nasr-ed-Deen and that
his reign would only last five years, and as the name is an
uncommon one, the prophecy is very generally applied to
the present Shah. 1 Perhaps the best known of his prog
nostications, and one which is very frequently quoted in
Persia, is that which concerns the fate of three of her prin
cipal cities. It runs thus: " Isfahan will be destroyed by
water, Yezd by sand, and Kerman by the hoofs of horses."
When we had left the pretty village behind us, an exceed
ingly stony three miles took us to the Prince's garden,
above which we found our tents pitched by a stream, and
in a moment he himself was with us, charming and courteous
1 Now the late Shah,

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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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