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Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map (1906)

Jackson, A. V. Williams (Abraham Valentine Williams), 1862-1937 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 126

An illustration from Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map, 1906, leaf 126
sisting of acres of vaulted arches built ofbrick and masonry, roofed over and divided by long narrowpassageways, with shops and alcoves on each side. At occa-sional intervals large portals lead out into square courts en- ^ See Texier, Description de VAr- nard, Diet. geog. p. 133, n. 1. Com- menie,… … Interior of Bazaar at Tabriz IN THE BAZAARS 45 closed to serve as places for the caravans to unload and lodge.The light in the bazaar is generally dim except where holespierce the domes at regular intervals and let in shafts of sun-shine, which serve also to reveal the dirt below. The passage-ways…

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