LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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His Majesty the Shah of Persia[Frontispiece]
The Baku Oil Wells[20]
The Amir of Bokhara leaving Baku to return to his Country[26]
Persian Wrestling[38]
Fourgons on the Russian Road between Resht and Teheran[50]
Making a Kanat[74]
The Murderer of Nasr-ed-din Shah[90]
Persian Cossacks (Teheran) Drilled by Russian Officers[100]
The Eftetahié College, supported by Meftah-el-Mulk[102]
H. E. Mushir-ed-Doulet, Minister of Foreign Affairs[106]
Persian Soldiers—The Band[112]
Recruits learning Music[112]
The Arrival of a Caravan of Silver at the Imperial Bank of Persia[126]
The Imperial Bank of Persia Decorated on the Shah's Birthday[134]
A Typical Persian Window. (Mr. Rabino's House, Teheran.)[140]
The First Position in Persian Wrestling[158]
Palawans, or Strong Men giving a Display of Feats of Strength[158]
Iman Jumeh. Head Priest of Teheran, and Official Sayer of Prayers to the Shah[170]
Sahib Divan, who was at various periods Governor of Shiraz and Khorassan[190]
Persian Woman and Child[206]
A Picturesque Beggar Girl[206]
Ruku Sultaneh, Brother of the present Shah[218]
The Shah in his Automobile[224]
The Sadrazam's (Prime Minister's) Residence, Teheran[224]
In the Shah's Palace Grounds, Teheran[230]
The Shah and his Suite[240]
Rock Sculpture near Shah-Abdul-Azim[244]
Author's Diligence between Teheran and Kum[244]
The Track along the Kohrut Dam[270]
Between Gyabrabad and Kohrut[270]
The Interior of Chappar Khana at Kohrut[272]
Chapparing—the Author's post horses[278]
Persian Escort firing at Brigands[278]
Jewish Girls, Isfahan[292]
An Isfahan Jew[292]
The Square, Isfahan[298]
The Palace Gate, Isfahan[304]
Boys Weaving a Carpet[314]
Cotton Cleaners[314]
Handsome Doorway in the Madrassah, Isfahan[322]
One of Zil-es-Sultan's Eunuchs[326]
The "Hall of Forty Columns," Isfahan[326]
The Quivering Minarets near Isfahan[330]
H.R.H. Zil-es-Sultan, Governor of Isfahan[350]
Agriculture and Pigeon Towers near Isfahan[352]
Persian Spinning Wheels and Weaving Looms[366]
Halting at a Caravanserai[380]
A Street in Yezd, showing High Badjirs or Ventilating Shafts[380]
Ardeshir Meheban Irani and the Leading Members of the Anguman-i-Nasseri (Parsee National Assembly), Yezd[394]
Parsee Priests of Yezd Officiating during Ceremony in their Fire Temple[400]
Interior of Old Caravanserai with Central Water Tank[410]
Typical Caravanserai and Mud Fort in the Desert between Yezd and Kerman[414]
A Trade Caravanserai, Kerman[414]
H. E. Ala-el-Mulk, Governor of Kerman, in his Palace[432]
Tiled Walls and Picturesque Windows in the Madrassah, Kerman[438]
Sirkar Agha's Son, the Head of the Sheikhi Sect, Kerman[438]
The Interior of a Hammam or Bath—First Room[442]
The Hot Room in a Persian Bath[444]
The Kala-i-Dukhtar or Virgin Fort[444]
Graveyard and Kala-i-Dukhtar or Virgin Fort, Kerman[446]
Ruined Houses of Farmitan[450]
Plan of House at Farmitan[450]
A Steep Rock Climb, Kerman[454]
A View of the Kerman Plain from the "Ya Ali" Inscription[458]
Wives Returning from the Pilgrimage for Sterile Women[458]
Map at the End of Volume.[461]