THE GLORY OF THE SHIA WORLD THE TALE OF A PILGRIMAGE TRANSLATED & EDITED FROM A PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT BY MAJOR P. M. SYKES, C.M.G. HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S CONSULGENERAL AND AGENT TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA IN KHORASAN ROYAL GOLD MEDALLIST OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY AUTHOR OF 'TEN THOUSAND MILES IN PERSIA' ASSISTED BY KHAN BAHADUR AHMAD DIN KHAN ATTACHÉ TO THE BRITISH CONSULATEGENERAL WITH MANY ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT AND FOUR COLOURED REPRODUCTIONS FROM PERSIAN PAINTINGS MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED: ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON; 1910 FIRST EDITION pp.xiv+279+[1, colophon] Decorative original blue cloth, upper cover stamped in gilt and embellished with red Persianate designs, spine lettered in gilt. 4 color reproductions from Persian paintings, photographic plates, and numerous illustrations in text. Some wear of the binding, very good intrerior Sykes purports to translate an account of a pilgrimage to Meshhed by Nurullah Khan, Iranian poet and historian, but the book is actually a heavily fictionalised account of his own time in Persia, richly embellished with his own photographs and quotations from Persian poetry. Sykes (18671945), one of the great scholaradministrators, undertook his first Persian journey a sixmonth horseback tour in 1893. He was appointed British consul for Kerman and Persian Baluchistan the following year. He continued to travel widely in the region during a succession of similar postings, "earning his reputation as an authority on Persian history, geography, and customs" (ODNB). A fictional tale which the author intended to be "a second Hajji Baba, which would serve as a true picture of Persia some ten years ago, before constitutional reform appeared on the horizon. " The story is set in Kerman and Baluchistan and is the tale of a pilgrimage to Mashad. Sykes was the British Consul General in Mashad at the time of writing. Size 6 by 9" Text in English

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