نسخة مذيلة من "بلاد فارس والشأن الفارسي" بقلم جورج كرزون، مع أوراق مدرجة [و‎‎٦‎٣] (١٨١٤/١٣٢)

CONTEXTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME
XVII
Tank- steamers
ly life—Petro-
bour—Russian
Suram Tunnel
rillis —Baku—
issengers—The
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bility of entering Kelat—Approach thereto—The gate of Argawan
Shah—Entrance detected—Colloquy with the guard—Attitude of the
scrbaz —Answer of the Khan—Persian tactics— Abiit, excessit, evasit,
erupit !—Report at Meshed—Attempt to climb the wall—Bird’s-eye
view of the circumference—History of Kelat—Fortification by Nadir
Shah—Basil Batatzes—Later history—Persian sovereignty—Military
value of Kelat—Its five gates—Population—Remains of antiquity—
Cultivation and water supply—Return march to Vardeh—Onto Kardeh
—Road to Meshed—Scenery of North-eastern Khorasan—Animal and
human life—Physical peculiarities—Approach to Meshed—Accident to
the cavalcade—Tomb of Khojah Rabi—Entrance to Meshed.
,n—Change of
sshop at Kizil
lerv irrigation
ipeed and ser-
ustoms—Great
tensions of the
Russian morale
of Transcaspia
ral Asia—The
he Ashkabad-
ins—Projected
Imam Kuli—
of the Khan—
Is—Their cha-
Dresent Ilkhani
ance of Amir
ft to the Khan
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CHAPTER VII
MESHED
Previous chroniclers of Meshed—History—Size and plan of the city—The
Khiaban—Remainder of the city—Cemeteries—Health of Meshed—
Wind-towers and guard houses—The sacred buildings —(1) The Bast—
(2) The Sahn—(3) Mosque of Imam Reza—The Prophet’s tomb —
Other tombs—Europeans who have seen the shrine—(4) Mosque of
Gowher Shad—Other buildings in the Bast—Library of the Imam—-
Revenues of the shrine—Population of Meshed—Government of the
shrine—Extent of the quadrilateral—Prostitution—Tomb of Nadir Shah
—Jews in Meshed—Public buildings—Manufactures—Wages and prices
—Banks and Money-lending—Visit to the Governor-General—The
Ark—Conversation with the Rukn-ed-.Dowleh—Garrison—Foreign Con
suls in Meshed—Appointment of M. Vlassof—Russian Consulate—
British Consulate—Staff and appointments—Consular business—Tus—
Telegraphs—Attitude towards foreigners ......
CHAPTER VIII
POLITICS AND COMMERCE OF KHORASAN
Design of chapter—Province of Khorasan—Natural features—Rivers and
cultivation—Population—History—Revenue—Division of the spoil
Government—Origin of the Khorasan Question—Astrabad province—
The Russians at Ashurada—Nature of the island—New island—Change
of quarters desirable—History repeats itself—Peter the Great—Agha
Mohammed Khan—Reasons of Russian activity—The Astrabad-Shahrud
position—Persian and Russian Turkomans—Rebellion of the Persian
Yomuts—Weakness of the Central Government—Bujnurd—Kuchan
Deregez—Attitude towards Russia—Kelat-i-Nadiri—Russian aspira
tions—Russo-Persian frontier—The Tejend—The two Sarakhs—Capture
by Abbas Mirza—New Sarakhs—Reoccupation of old Sarakhs by the
Russians—Strategical value—Eastern frontier—Meshed district—Dis
tricts of Jam, Bakharz, and Khaf—Kain—Population and capital—Seistan
—Russian propaganda—Influence of the Transcaspian Railway—Interior
districts—Tabbas—Turshiz—Turbat-i-Haideri—Nishapur and Sebzewar
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