In the land of the lion and sun, or : Modern Persia : being experiences of life in Persia from 1866 to 1881 / by C.J. Wills.

  • Charles James Wills
Date:
1891
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: In the land of the lion and sun, or : Modern Persia : being experiences of life in Persia from 1866 to 1881 / by C.J. Wills. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Bedding horses, loi Beef, 142, 299 Beetles, road, 215 Ikll tower, Julfa, 139 ]^ells, substitute for, 139 Belly-dance, the, 115 Belt, the, 320 Beluchistan, 345 Berlin, 407 ])esitun, 109 ]jewitched, 65 Bishop Moses, 138 ,, of Julfa, the, 159 ,, Thaddeus’s tomb, 158 Bishop’s, the, pictures, 159 Bits, native, 329 Black-wood furniture, 345 Black flags, 283 ,, Sea, 9 Blandford, Mr. W., 321 Blowing from a mortar, 203 ,, from guns, 202 Boat-building, 247 Boat journey, 210 Boiled to death, 272 Bombassi, 326 Bonaat, 77 Bookbinding, 288 Boorio, 197 Boots, 321 Iforasjun, 348 Boulevard at Teheran, 371 Bowin, 392 Boy dancers, 246 ,, singers, 281 ])oys, a mob of, 393 ]fread, varieties of, 335 ]freasts as ornaments, 132 Bribery, 189 Bribing postmaster, 13 Bricking up alive, 269 Brickwork, fine, 222 Ih'idge of tombstones, 163 Brigands, 263 Broom plant, 309 Bruce, Mrs., 16.4 ,, Rev. Dr., 164 Bulbul, 114 Bull-terriers of Zil-es-Sultan, 366 Bunder Abbas, 345 Burial of a Christian child, 140 Burke, Captain, 344 Burmese Embassy, 376 Burning alive, 204 Bushire, 345 “BuU/ia” 326 Butchers, 299 Buttermilk, 171 Buy a horse, 206 ,, grapes for wine-making, 229 Buying horses, 58 C , Major, 3 Cah (Kah), 174 Calico printers, 200 ,, rinsers, 193 Call to the bath, 72 Camel, bite of the, 243 ,, fight, 242 tics, 392 Camels, mode of procuring fighting, 242 Campanile, the, Julfa, 157 Camp out, 348 Captain Burke, 344 ,, Hansard, 343 S , 179 ,, T , R.E., 278 Carapet, Mr., 357 Caravanserai Gulshan, 200 ,, Mokhlis, 182 Carboys, 236 Card-playing, 96 Carpets, Persian, 149 ; 1883, 150 ,, all wool, 151 ,, Bath, 152 ,, colours of, 150 ,, fast colours, 149 ,, faults in, 150 ,, “Gelim,” 152 ,, increase in price of, 153 ,, “Jejim,” 152 ,, Meshed, 149 ,, mode of laying, 152 ,, “Nammad,” 152 ,, of great value, 151 ,, ofMurghab, 151 ,, old, 149