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 451
ills 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 sails,… … Isfahan and the Bridge of ali Verdi 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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