Persia Revisited 9789370423398 Amid the dusty canals and

Amid the dusty canals and grueling labor

concerns arise about the appointment of a new bishop

bravery and tells us about old age beliefs and wars

stirring memories linked to an absent noblewoman whose fate remains uncertain

Persia Revisited 9789370423398 Amid the dusty canals andPersia revisited offers a compelling travelogue and socio political chronicle of Persia in the turbulent wake of Shah Nasr ed Dins assassination. Drawing from his expertise as a military attach and oriental secretary, Sir Thomas Edward Gordon recounts his overland odyssey from London to Tehran, painting vivid tableaux of sweeping landscapes, vibrant Baku harbors, and Enzellis ports teeming with Persian labourers in distant trades. Themes of imperial