From Constantinople to the Home of Omar Khayyam

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This is a travel book of historic and literary research through transcaucasia and Northern Persia, with over 250 pictures depicting sites and daily life. PREFACE CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS LIST OF WORKS OF REFERENCE LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS I . ONCE AGAIN EASTWARD HO! II. FROM THE BLACK SEA TO THE CASPIAN III. BAKU, THE CITY OF OIL WELLS IV. THE OIL-FIELDS AND THE FIRE- TEMPLE OF BAKU V . OFF TO DERBENT VI. ON THE CASPIAN TO PERSIA VII. ALONG THE HIGHWAY TO THE SHAH'S CAPITAL VIII. TEHERAN AND A NEWER PERSIA IX. ON THE TRACK OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT X . THROUGH PLACES PASSED ON ALEXANDER'S ROUTE XI. THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASS OF AHUAN XII. DAMGHAN AND ITS ENVIRONS XIII. EXCURSIONS FROM DAMGHAN TO FRAT AND TAK XIV. AMONG HISTORIC SITES XV. OVER THE ANCIENT BATTLE-GROUND OF THE WARS BETWEEN IRAN AND TURAN XVI. ON THE ROAD TO NISHAPUR XVII. NISHAPUR, THE HOME OF OMAR KHAYYAM XVIII. THE TOMB OF OMAR KHAYYAM XIX. HISTORICAL SKETCH OF JSTISHAPUR XX. MASHAD, THE HOLY CITY OF PERSIA XXI. KUINED TUS, THE HOME OR THE POET FIRDAUSI XXII. AU REVOIR TO PERSIA GENERAL INDEX INDEX OF PASSAGES MAP OF PERSIA AND CENTRAL ASIA