CONTENTS

AN EASTERN CITY

THE TOWER OF SILENCE

IN PRAISE OF GARDENS

THE KING OF MERCHANTS

THE IMAM HUSSEIN

THE SHADOW OF DEATH

DWELLERS IN TENTS

THREE NOBLE LADIES

THE TREASURE OF THE KING

SHEIKH HASSAN

A PERSIAN HOST

A STAGE AND A HALF

A BRIDLE-PATH

TWO PALACES

THE MONTH OF FASTING

REQUIESCANT IN PACE

THE CITY OF KING PRUSIAS

SHOPS AND SHOPKEEPERS

A MURRAY OF THE FIRST CENTURY

TRAVELLING COMPANIONS

SAFAR NAMEH

‘Warum bin ich vergÄnglich, O Zeus? so fragte die SchÖnheit.
Macht ich doch, sagte der Gott, nur das VergÄngliche schÖn.
Und die Liebe, die Blumen, der Tau und die Jugend vernahmens,
Alle gingen sie weg weinend von Jupiters Thron.’

Goethe

‘Now, a traveller is a creature not always looking at sights—he remembers (how often!) the happy land of his birth; he has, too, his moments of humble enthusiasm about fire and food—about shade and drink.’

Kinglake

SAFAR NAMEH

PERSIAN PICTURES

A BOOK OF TRAVEL