Stuart, Donald. The struggle for Persia.
Methuen & co., London, 1902. x, 268 pp. Portrait. Folded map. 12o.
Vámbéry, Ármin. Central Asia and the Anglo-Russian frontier question: a series of political papers by Arminius Vambéry. Tr. by F. E. Bunnètt.
London: Smith, Elder, & co., 1874. viii, 385 pp. 12o.
First published in "Unsere Zeit," 1867-1873.
Whigham, H. J. The Persian problem; an examination of the rival positions of Russia and Great Britain in Persia, with some account of the Persian Gulf and the Bagdad railway.
London: Isbister and company, 1903. xvi, 424 pp. Plates. Maps. 8o.
"The substance of a series of articles written for the Morning post."—Introd.
Contents: Introduction.—French intrigues at Maskat.—The pearl islands of the Gulf.—Cruising on the Persian coast.—Shall we give Russia Bunder Abbas?—Visit to the pirate coast.—The importance of Koweit.—Persian rule in the delta of the Shat-al-Arab.—The position of Turkey in the Gulf.—The commerce of the Gulf.—The politics of the Gulf.—By the waters of Babylon.—On the Euphrates.—The sacred cities of the Shiahs.—Bagdad.—The passage of the Taurus.—The Bagdad railway.—The oil fields of Persia.—Kermanshah.—Persian carpets.—Routes in Western Persia.—Teheran.—Great Britain versus Russia.—Russia's policy.—Wanted—a British policy in Persia.—On the Russian road.—Russia's advance on Persia via the Caucausus.