The Struggle for PersiaRoutledge, 2011 - Всего страниц: 280 This volume is an account of the journey the author made between Eastern Russia (via Tabriz) to Teheran at the turn of the twentieth century. This is not just a travelogue, however, but a lament for the loss of British âeoeprestigeâe and power in the region to Russia. |
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EASTWARD H O | 1 |
ODESSA AND THE CRIMEA | 11 |
THE BLACK SEA AFOU SUCHUM ETC | 21 |
BATOUM THE PLAGUE | 30 |
TIFLIS | 38 |
FAREWELL CIVILISATION A RUSSIAN POST HOUSE | 48 |
WE JOLT OUR WEARY LENGTH ALONG | 56 |
THE LAND OF THE LION AND THE SUN | 66 |
TEHERAN | 124 |
TEHERANContinued | 149 |
THE PEACOCK THRONE | 165 |
THE SHAHS ARMY | 175 |
THE RUSSIAN OCTOPUS | 187 |
RAILWAY ENTERPRISE | 201 |
How IT ALL CAME ABOUT | 209 |
MESHED AND BUSHIRE TURQUOISE AND PEARL | 219 |
TAZAKAND DREADFUL EXPERIENCES | 76 |
TABRIZ | 81 |
A DAYS SHOOTING | 98 |
A VERMIN DISTRICT | 104 |
THE KAFLANKUH | 114 |
WHAT THE FUTURE WILL BRING FORTH | 246 |
THROUGH HOLY RUSSIA | 258 |
ENGLAND TO THE RESCUE | 266 |
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