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 561
The vineyards around the city produce the bestwine in Persia, a product for which Shiraz has ever beenfamous. There are two varieties of this wine, a red and awhite; the taste of the white wine reminded me somewhat of aMarsala. The gardens and rose-bowers of Shiraz are still more famous.Within the… … GARDENS AND ROSE-BOWERS 327 pleasure-grounds, some of which still retain their beautydespite the neglect into which they have fallen. The Persiangarden in general is somewhat different from its counterpart inother lands and is more like an orchard, a horticulturalenclosure, than a garden in the…
Zoroastrianism
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