This is a travel book of historic and literary research through transcaucasia and Northern Persia, with over 250 pictures depicting sites and daily life.
| Contributor |
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| A. V. Williams Jackson | |
- Preface
- Once Again Eastward Ho!
- From the Black Sea to the Caspian
- Baku, The City of Oil Wells
- The Oil-Fields and the Fire-Temple of Baku
- Off to Derbent
- On the Caspian to Persia
- Along the Highway to the Shah's Capital
- Tehran and the Newer Persia
- On the Track of Alexander the Great
- Through Places Passed on Alexander's Route
- Through the Mountain Pass of Ahuan
- Damghan and Its Environs
- Excursions From Dumghan to Frat and Tak
- Among Historic Sites
- Over the Ancient Battle-Ground of the Wars Between Iran and Turan
- On the Road to Nishapur
- Nishapur, The Home of Omar Khayyam
- The Tomb of Omar Khayyam
- Historical Sketch of Nishapur
- Mashad, The Holy City of Persia
- Ruined Tus, The Home of the Poet Firdausi
- Au Revoir to Persia