The struggle for Persia / / Donald Stuart
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| Autore: |
Stuart Donald
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| Titolo: |
The struggle for Persia / / Donald Stuart
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| Pubblicazione: | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (281 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 915.5044 |
| Soggetto topico: | Eastern question (Central Asia) |
| Soggetto geografico: | Iran Civilization |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | First published in 1902 by Methuen & Co. |
| Nota di contenuto: | THE STRUGGLE FOR PERSIA; Copyright; THE STRUGGLE FOR PERSIA; Copyright; CONTENTS; CHAPTER I: ""EASTWARD H O ! ""; CHAPTER II: ODESSA AND THE CRIMEA; CHAPTER III: THE BLACK SEA (AFOU, SUCHUM, ETC.); CHAPTER IV: BATOUM (THE PLAGUE); CHAPTER V: TIFLIS; CHAPTER VI: FAREWELL CIVILISATION (A RUSSIAN POST HOUSE]; CHAPTER VII: WE JOLT OUR WEARY LENGTH ALONG; CHAPTER VIII: THE LAND OF THE LION AND THE SUN; CHAPTER IX: TAZA-KAND (DREADFUL EXPERIENCES); CHAPTER X: TABRIZ; CHAPTER XI: A DAY'S SHOOTING; CHAPTER XII: A VERMIN DISTRICT; CHAPTER XIII: THE KAFLAN-KUH; CHAPTER XIV: TEHERAN |
| CHAPTER XV: TEHERAN-(Continued)CHAPTER XVI: THE PEACOCK THRONE; CHAPTER XVII: THE SHAH'S ARMY; CHAPTER XVIII: THE RUSSIAN OCTOPUS; CHAPTER XIX: RAILWAY ENTERPRISE; CHAPTER XX: How IT ALL CAME ABOUT; CHAPTER XXI: MESHED AND BUSHIRE (TURQUOISE AND PEARL); CHAPTER XXII: WHAT THE FUTURE WILL BRING FORTH; CHAPTER XXIII: THROUGH ""HOLY RUSSIA""; CHAPTER XXIV: ENGLAND TO THE RESCUE | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This volume is an account of the journey the author made between Eastern Russia (via Tabriz) to Teheran at the turn of the twentieth century. This is not just a travelogue, however, but a lament for the loss of British "prestige" and power in the region to Russia. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The struggle for Persia |
| ISBN: | 1-280-68460-7 |
| 1-136-84127-X | |
| 9786613661548 | |
| 0-203-83315-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910462028803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Routledge Library Editions: Iran