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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] |