Chapter V: Appendix: D

RUSSIAN GOODS VERSUS ENGLISH.

The Karūn River route—The best means of reaching the Commercial
Centres of Persia—Opinions of Experts—Wishes of Merchants 417

GLOSSARY OF PERSIAN WORDS 420

INDEX 429

LIST OF FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS.

SOLOMON IN ALL HIS GLORY _Frontispiece._

PERSIAN BAND _To face page_ 91

FEMALE DANCERS AND EQUILIBRIST ” 114

THE TOMBS OF THE KINGS (NAKSH-I-RŪSTAM) ” 119

ARMENIAN WOMEN ” 132

THE BASTINADO ” 147

THREE SHOPS IN BAZAAR ” 189

THE PUL-I-KOJŪ ” 195

TENT LIFE—WANDERING TRIBES ” 262

A ROSEH-KHANA, OR PRAYER-MEETING ” 283

LION AND LUHLIS ” 307

MIDDLE-CLASS PERSIANS—PERSIAN BOY ” 317

OUTDOOR DRESS OF PERSIAN WOMEN ” 325

DR. WILLS’S HOUSE IN JULFA ” 360

A CHUPPER-KHANA, OR POST-HOUSE ” 386

IN THE LAND OF THE LION AND SUN.