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In the land of the lion and sun, or, modern Persia
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In the land of the lion and sun, or, modern Persia

C. J. Wills · narrated by Moss

2026

18h 10m
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C. J. Wills, a physician who spent years in Persia, describes the land of the lion and sun with intimate familiarity. He recounts the towns, tribes, medicine, and court life of nineteenth-century Iran. Warm, observant, and full of anecdote, it is a rare inside view of a country few Westerners knew.

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44 chapters

  1. 1EDITORIAL NOTE.5m
  2. 2PREFACE.3m
  3. 3IN THE LAND OF THE LION AND SUN.48m
  4. 4CHAPTER II. POST JOURNEY TO THE CAPITAL.20m
  5. 5CHAPTER III. TEHERAN.15m
  6. 6CHAPTER IV. TEHERAN.44m
  7. 7CHAPTER V. HAMADAN.23m
  8. 8CHAPTER VI. HAMADAN.25m
  9. 9CHAPTER VII. HAMADAN.23m
  10. 10CHAPTER VIII. HAMADAN.39m
  11. 11CHAPTER IX. KERMANSHAH.29m
  12. 12CHAPTER X. KERMANSHAH.27m
  13. 13CHAPTER XI. I GO TO ISPAHAN.33m
  14. 14CHAPTER XII. JULFA.23m
  15. 15CHAPTER XIII. ISPAHAN.28m
  16. 16CHAPTER XIV. JULFA AND ISPAHAN.24m
  17. 17CHAPTER XV. ISPAHAN AND ITS ENVIRONS.23m
  18. 18CHAPTER XVI. ISPAHAN AND ITS ENVIRONS.23m
  19. 19CHAPTER XVII. ISPAHAN.15m
  20. 20CHAPTER XVIII. ISPAHAN.32m
  21. 21CHAPTER XIX. MY JOURNEY HOME AND MARCH TO SHIRAZ.27m
  22. 22CHAPTER XX. SHIRAZ.26m
  23. 23CHAPTER XXI. SHIRAZ WINE-MAKING.26m
  24. 24CHAPTER XXII. SHIRAZ AND FUSSA.26m
  25. 25CHAPTER XXIII. SHIRAZ.—THE FAMINE.20m
  26. 26CHAPTER XXIV. I FALL INTO THE HANDS OF BRIGANDS.28m
  27. 27CHAPTER XXV. SHIRAZ.23m
  28. 28CHAPTER XXVI. SHIRAZ—PERSIAN CUSTOMS.32m
  29. 29CHAPTER XXVII. SHIRAZ.26m
  30. 30CHAPTER XXVIII. BEASTS, BIRDS, FRUITS, AND FLOWERS.28m
  31. 31CHAPTER XXIX. PERSIAN CHARACTER, COSTUMES, AND MANNERS.35m
  32. 32CHAPTER XXX. TRAVELLING—ART WORK—FOODS.23m
  33. 33CHAPTER XXXI. EDUCATION. LEAVE, AND RETURN VIÂ INDIA.24m
  34. 34CHAPTER XXXII. FROM THE PERSIAN GULF TO ISPAHAN.29m
  35. 35CHAPTER XXXIII. JULFA.22m
  36. 36CHAPTER XXXIV. JOURNEY TO AND FROM TEHERAN.29m
  37. 37CHAPTER XXXV. WE RETURN VIÂ THE CASPIAN.1h 16m
  38. 38Chapter 393m
  39. 39APPENDIX C. TRAVELLING IN PERSIA.11m
  40. 40APPENDIX D. RUSSIAN GOODS VERSUS ENGLISH.7m
  41. 41GLOSSARY OF PERSIAN WORDS,39m
  42. 42BY THE SAME AUTHOR.3m
  43. 43AN INEXPENSIVE LIBRARY OF INDISPENSABLE BOOKS.19m
  44. 44STANDARD POETICAL WORKS.5m
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