'Persia and the Persian Question by the Hon. George Nathaniel Curzon, M.P.' [‎7] (16/748)

CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME vii
Investiture of Cyriadis—Fourth tablet; The captives-Fifth tablet:
Ormuzd and Narses—Sixth tablet: Triumph of Ohosroes Artistic
value—The cave and statue of Shapur—Interior ramifications—Kamarii
Kotal-i-Kamarij — Plain of Khisht—Kotal-i-Mallu —Dalild river —
Daliki — Borazjun —Shirking the kotals —Khushab —Shif—Bushire —
People and rulers—The town—Climate and water—The port—Reshire
—British influence .... lr ._
CHAPTER XXIII
THE EASTERN AND SOUTH-EASTERN PROVINCES
Evidence of the map—Cities and deserts—Yezd and Kerman—History of
Yezd—Size and appearance—The Uuebres—Yezd a commercial empoiium
lievenue and government—History of Kermaa—Modern city—Trade
—Revenue and Government—The great deserts—The Dasht-i-Kavir—
Its origin—Different kinds of Travellers in the Great Kavir—
The Dasht-i-Lut—Bam—Persian Beluchistan—Record of travel—History
of Persian encroachment—Boundary Commission, 1870—Persian nib
bling Country and people—Villages and cultivation—Mekran—The
Beluch plateau —■ Serhad — Dizak — Serbaz — Bampur — Bashakerd
Persian rule—Britain across the border ....
CHAPTEE XXIV
THE SOUTH-WESTERN PROVINCES
Nomad life—Foreign elements—Tribes of Persia—Turks—Arabs, Kurds,
etc.—General characteristics—Persian policy—Province of Luristan—
Origin of the Lurs—Numbers—The Feilis—Pish-Kuh—Khorremabad
—Pusht-i-Kuh—History—English travellers —Husein Kuli Khan, Vali of
Pusht-i-Kuh—Mountains and rivers—Character and life—The Bakhtiaris
—Their country—Their history—The Chehar Lang- Mohammed Taki
Khan—The Haft Lang—The ruling triumvirate—Character and feeling
—Catalogue of tribes—Winter and summer quarters—Bakhtiari life
and habits—Appearance and dress—Military qualities—Hill-forts
Burujird—Dizful—Sabians—Ruins of the past—Shushan—Lofbus and
Dieulafoy—Mounds of Susa—M. Dieulafoy^s discoveries—Tomb of
Daniel—Mai Amir—Susan—Other remains—The Karun river The
Kar Kunan—Kuhgelu Lurs—Mamasenni Lurs—Arabistan—The Arabs
—Ka'b Arabs—The Muhaisen sheikhs—Sheikh Mizal Khan—Persian
policy—Arab habits—The Muntefik—Summary . . * , ,
CHAPTER XXV
THE KARUN KIVER
The Karun country—The Karun river— Ancient channels—Early negotiations
—Enterprise of Messrs. Lynch—The Shat-el-Arab—Turkish fort at Fao
—Telegraph station—Haffar channel—Ottoman amenities—Disem
barkation—Mohammerah—A Persian official—Bahmeshir channel
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