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Sykes' History of Persia Vol 2 (pdf) - Heritage Institute

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ILLUSTRATIONS<br />

.<br />

.....<br />

FACE PAGE<br />

Shah Abbas the Great<br />

Frontispiece<br />

The Kaaba .<br />

Mohamed and the Black Stone . . . .<br />

The Angel Gabriel appearing to Mohamed .<br />

.<br />

4<br />

.10<br />

.12<br />

. . . Mohamed (?) preaching 14<br />

Ali slays<br />

Marhab <strong>of</strong> . .<br />

Khaybar 36<br />

The Ruins <strong>of</strong> Rei . . . . .<br />

.42<br />

The Pulpit <strong>of</strong> the Mahdi . .<br />

-44<br />

The Gurgan Defile .<br />

54<br />

Timuri Nomads ... .<br />

64<br />

.<br />

Meshed, the Sacred City <strong>of</strong> <strong>Persia</strong> . . .<br />

The Imam Riza and the Hunter . .<br />

72<br />

-74<br />

The Gunbad-i-Kabus<br />

. . . .<br />

.92<br />

Kurds migrating into Darragaz, the Medieval Abivard . .100<br />

Mausoleum <strong>of</strong> Sultan Sanjar<br />

. . . .<br />

The Shrine <strong>of</strong> .<br />

Hazrat-i-Sultan, Darragaz<br />

.124<br />

.126<br />

The Site <strong>of</strong> Firdausi's Tomb . .<br />

-134<br />

Faz, the Birthplace <strong>of</strong> Firdausi .136<br />

. .<br />

The Tomb <strong>of</strong> Omar Khayyam<br />

. . .<br />

.138<br />

.<br />

148<br />

. . . .<br />

.170<br />

...... Shirin and Farhad 140<br />

A Nomad <strong>of</strong> the Period <strong>of</strong> Chenghiz Khan . .<br />

.146<br />

Kara Khitan, slightly before the Period <strong>of</strong> Chenghiz Khan<br />

The Walls <strong>of</strong> Tus<br />

by Hulagu Khan . . 174<br />

The Siege <strong>of</strong> Baghdad<br />

Tabriz . . . . . . . .182<br />

A Bridge over the Zab . . . . .<br />

.190<br />

Stone Pulpit<br />

...... at .<br />

Sirjan 194<br />

Tamerlane . . . . .<br />

.198<br />

The Ruins <strong>of</strong> Zahidan 202<br />

The College <strong>of</strong> Shir Dar at Samarcand . . . .210

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