'Through Persia on a side-saddle' [243] (282/360)
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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WITH PERSO-BALUCH BOUNDARY COMMISSION 243
we all were packing up for a start on the morrow, the
Persians to return to Kerman, Nasrullah Khan accom
panying them to act as agent there during my brother's
absence, and we ourselves to march to Quetta with the
English party.
Colonel Holdich gave a farewell dinner that night,
which went off with much spirit, and was a good ter
mination to the Frontier Commission. Fat Haji Khan
came to the front that evening, and sang a Persian song
with zest, electrifying us when he suddenly struck up the
" Highland Laddie," which had been taught him, so he told
us, by an English lady, to whom he had become tenderly
attached during his stay in London. Haji had further
composed a Persian poem on the doings of the Com
mission, with moon, stars, rose-gardens, nightingales, and
London experiences all thrown in, and had sent it to
Nasrullah Khan to translate it into English ; but the
latter declined the task, saying the whole effusion was
utter nonsense, which perhaps deprived us of a great
intellectual treat.
Our good-byes were most effusive, every one hoping to
meet every one else again, and numerous and fervent were
the handshakings and pretty speeches as we said adieu
to our Persian friends.
Next day we made our way back to Lajji, my brother
and I being very sorry to part with Nasrullah Khan, who
had been with Europeans for so long that he did not at
all appreciate returning to undiluted Persian society, and
so we began our 430-mile march to Quetta.
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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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- ORW.1986.a.1864
- Title
- 'Through Persia on a side-saddle'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:2, 2a:2b, 3:16, 1:16, 16a:16b, 17:36, 36a:36b, 37:156, 156a:156b, 157:196, 196a:196b, 197:224, 224a:224b, 225:236, 236a:236b, 237:254, 254a:254b, 255:296, 296a:296b, 297:314, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
- Author
- Sykes, Ella Constance
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- Public Domain