Six Months in Persia, Том 2Putnam, 1882 |
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arbab Ardakan Armenian asked assessment Astrabad Bakhtiari Baku bank Bârfarush black tents brackish bunicha Bushire called caravan caravansarai Caspian Chaghâkhur Chahar Chahar Mahal crossed cultivation Damavand daur defile descended desert diwani dunga English European Farangi farsakhs farther side feet high foot foot-slope green Gulpaigan half hills horse Ilbegi Ilkhani India Isfahan jarib Julfa Karman Kavar kavîr Khan Khonsar Kurand Lahinjan land land-revenue looked Mahallat Mashhad-i-Sar Mazandaran miles morning mountains mules night officers passed Persian plain plateau Prince qalyan qanat qirans quarters range ridge river road rock rocky rode roof round route Russian ryots salt Sayyid seemed seen Shah Shah's Shimran Shiraz Shirkuh siraja Sirjan Siyah Kuh slope snow spring steamer stone stream Tabriz tashts Teheran tomans town traveller Tuhdashk valley village wall yards Yazd Zaindarud Zarand Zarda Kuh Zill-us-Sultan
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Страница 152 - The street ends in a square surrounded by barracks, whence another street leads through the European quarter. Here is an hotel, kept by an Armenian — comfortable enough, though bestowed in a two-storied Persian house, with small rooms, steep stairs of brick, and a deep courtyard in the middle. One has to do without a bath-room, and without bed or bedding; but the food is not bad, and good light wine can be had cheap.
Страница 151 - White Demon, wrought in coloured tiles. In design, this is equal to a school-boy's drawing on a slate ; as a piece of colouring, it is effective enough. Passing under this work of art, one crosses the space between the enceinte and the town. The wall is several sizes too large for Teheran. It is an earthwork of modern design and sufficient solidity, but ruinous in parts, and destitute of guns.
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