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 43
eekly train de luxe bound southwardtoward the Caucasus, the Caspian, and the highway to Persia. For three full days the train rolled on through the steppe-country, level, and uninteresting when covered with snow.The stops were infrequent but long, and I welcomed each timethe third of the set of… … THROUGH RUSSIA TO THE CASPIAN 3 Thursday, I remember — I caught my first sight of the giantbarrier of the Caucasus towering against a cloudy sky andfrowning down on the white plain beneath. Its beetlingcliffs were bare of snow in places, and here and there a deepgorge or ravine looked like the scar…
Zoroastrianism
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