From the Black Sea Through Persia and IndiaHarper & brothers, 1896 - 437 Seiten A travel memoir in diary-style. The author explains in the preface that he did not intend to take the route described here, but civil war in Afghanistan and a cholera epidemic forced him to travel through Kurdistan and Persia. Some hand-drawn illustrations provide images of the author's journey. Special chapters at the end include the author's commentary on Hinduism and Islam in India, Indian art, and impressions of everyday life for English people in India. |
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Ahmedabad araba arches artistic awnings baggage balcony bazaars beautiful Benares Bikanir blue Bombay British Raj bungalow Bushire camels caravan caravansary carpets chavadar Chitor cholera color costume court crowded dark decorated desert domes door dragoman elephants English entrance European fakir front gardens gate gateway gold hills Hindoo horses India Ispahan Jask Jeypore Jodhpore Julfa Khan Kurdish Lahore landscape latticed leaves light look marble ment Mogul mosque Mussulman narrow native Nautch girls night officers Ornamental Oudeypore painted palace Parsee pass Persian plain Punjaub Punjaubi race railway Rajah Rajpoot reach regiments rise road rupees scarlet sculptured seems shadow Shah Shah Jehan Shiraz side Sikhs silver stand station steep stone strange street surrounded Tabreez tall Teheran temples tent terrace tion towers town train trees turban usually village walls wind yellow zapti