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 453
istant hills form a serrated background forthe picture. A peculiar feature of the landscape is the largenumber of pigeon-towers which line the sides of the road anddot the plain beyond. These turreted columbaries, which arebuilt of clay and brick and look like windmills that have losttheir arms and… … Isfahan and the Bridge of Ali \ eudi Khan A PERSIAN DELHI 263 form a lucrative source of revenue to those who sell the drop-pings of the birds to be used as a fertilizer on the neighboringfields. In some respects Isfahan offers to the traveller who isattracted by the modern phases of Persia more…
Zoroastrianism
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