In the Land of the Lion and Sun, or, Modern Persia


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Newly graduated, 24-year-old Charles Wills went to Persia in the role of medical officer to the Indo-European Telegraph Department. This account of his adventures and travels across what we now call Iran between 1866 and 1881 (the middle years of Nãsir al-Dīn Shãh's reign), also includes commentary on the social life in the provinces, along with the geography and products of the country. Humorous and serious anecdotes are recounted with equal verve and a fine appreciation of the ironic. - Summary by Beeswaxcandle

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Preface 3:29
Chapter 1. I go to Persia 49:46
Chapter 2. Post Journey to the Capital 19:56
Chapter 3. Teheran 22:35
Chapter 4. Teheran 43:44
Chapter 5. Hamadan 26:08
Chapter 6. Hamadan 26:43
Chapter 7. Hamadan 22:43
Chapter 8. Hamadan 37:33
Chapter 9. Kermanshah 28:31
Chapter 10. Kermanshah 26:20
Chapter 11. I go to Ispahan 31:43
Chapter 12. Julfa 22:44
Chapter 13. Ispahan 27:14
Chapter 14. Julfa and Ispahan 23:17
Chapter 15. Ispahan and its Environs 22:30
Chapter 16. Ispahan and its Environs 21:47
Chapter 17. Ispahan 18:24
Chapter 18. Ispahan 31:12
Chapter 19. My Journey Home and March to Shiraz 29:37
Chapter 20. Shiraz 26:17
Chapter 21. Shiraz Wine-making 25:13
Chapter 22. Shiraz and Fussa 27:10
Chapter 23. Shiraz - the Famine 20:07
Chapter 24. I Fall Into the Hands of Brigands 27:34
Chapter 25. Shiraz 24:23
Chapter 26. Shiraz - Persian Customs 31:09
Chapter 27. Shiraz 26:17
Chapter 28. Beasts, Birds, Fruits, and Flowers 28:54
Chapter 29. Persian Character, Costumes, and Manners 35:24
Chapter 30. Travelling—Art Work—Foods 22:47
Chapter 31. Education—Leave, and Return via India 23:38
Chapter 32. From the Persian Gulf to Ispahan 29:50
Chapter 33. Julfa 22:22
Chapter 34. Journey to and from Teheran 29:04
Chapter 35. We return via the Caspian, Part 1 43:57
Chapter 35. We return via the Caspian, Part 2 41:15

Critiques

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sending strength and prayers to Iran and the middle east.