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 379
ime was now up, and I left the scene of the great inscrip-tion on Friday afternoon, April 17, feeling painfully awarethat I might have accomplished more if my time had beenlonger and my means greater, but happy in heart at the thoughtof having possibly contributed something toward our… … CHAPTER XV TAK-I BOSTAN AND KERMANSHAH Near Kermansliah, and between Hamadan and Holvan, is the Castle ofShirin. The name Shirin in Persian signifies sweet, and she was the favoriteslave of King Parviz. —Yakut, Majma^ al-Bulddn, s.v. Kirmasin. The crags of Mount Bisitun looked black and…
Zoroastrianism
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