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 534
Noldeke, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 556. As explained above, I am inclined 9th ed., 18. 558, notes land 10. A to explain the threefold wall of Diodo- still earlier description of Istakhr is rus (17. 71) as referring rather to the given by Masudi (a.d. 944), Les Prai- three main elevations, and to… … THE GRAND STAIRCASE AND THE PORTAL OF XERXES 313 men, ten abreast, could ride up it.^ As we surmount the top-most step and cast the eye over the surface of the platform, weare struck by a succession of stately portals, broken columns,capitals, pedestals, stone steps, sculptured friezes, and…
Zoroastrianism
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