In the Land of the Lion and Sun, or, Modern Persia

Charles James Wills

Language: English

Genres: Biography & Autobiography Medical Memoirs Non-fiction Travel & Geography

Narrators:zaanta, Beeswaxcandle

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1. Preface
2. Chapter 1. I go to Persia
3. Chapter 2. Post Journey to the Capital
4. Chapter 3. Teheran
5. Chapter 4. Teheran
6. Chapter 5. Hamadan
7. Chapter 6. Hamadan
8. Chapter 7. Hamadan
9. Chapter 8. Hamadan
10. Chapter 9. Kermanshah
11. Chapter 10. Kermanshah
12. Chapter 11. I go to Ispahan
13. Chapter 12. Julfa
14. Chapter 13. Ispahan
15. Chapter 14. Julfa and Ispahan
16. Chapter 15. Ispahan and its Environs
17. Chapter 16. Ispahan and its Environs
18. Chapter 17. Ispahan
19. Chapter 18. Ispahan
20. Chapter 19. My Journey Home and March to Shiraz
21. Chapter 20. Shiraz
22. Chapter 21. Shiraz Wine-making
23. Chapter 22. Shiraz and Fussa
24. Chapter 23. Shiraz - the Famine
25. Chapter 24. I Fall Into the Hands of Brigands
26. Chapter 25. Shiraz
27. Chapter 26. Shiraz - Persian Customs
28. Chapter 27. Shiraz
29. Chapter 28. Beasts, Birds, Fruits, and Flowers
30. Chapter 29. Persian Character, Costumes, and Manners
31. Chapter 30. Travelling—Art Work—Foods
32. Chapter 31. Education—Leave, and Return via India
33. Chapter 32. From the Persian Gulf to Ispahan
34. Chapter 33. Julfa
35. Chapter 34. Journey to and from Teheran
36. Chapter 35. We return via the Caspian, Part 1
37. Chapter 35. We return via the Caspian, Part 2

About

Newly graduated, 24-year-old Charles Wills went to Persia in the role of medical officer to the Indo-European Telegraph Department. This account of his adventures and travels across what we now call Iran between 1866 and 1881 (the middle years of Nãsir al-Dīn Shãh's reign), also includes commentary on the social life in the provinces, along with the geography and products of the country. Humorous and serious anecdotes are recounted with equal verve and a fine appreciation of the ironic. - Summary by Beeswaxcandle

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