Persia - Ancient & Modern (Classic Reprint)

It has been the design of the Author to give sufficient historical details from the best authorities, to enable the reader to gain a fair general view of ancient and modern Persian history, supplemented by chapters on the religion, literature, commerce, arts, sciences, army, education, language, sport, etc., of the country. In the chapter on travelling he has endeavoured carefully to describe the routes to the country, its climate, roads, modes of conveyance, and other details necessary to be known by the traveller, in order that those who intend to go there may be easily enabled to benefit by the experience of others. With regard to the orthography of names of persons and places, such diversity exists feven among experts that it A bout two hundred and fifty-four monarchs have reigned over Persia. Lord Brougham notices the frequent change of dynasty there, observing that in France there were only three dynasties from Charlemagne to Louis XVI., in England but six in the same period. In Persia during those ten centuries there were thirteen (P olitical Philosophy, I. 1846). It is interesting to remember that the area of ancient Persia at the time of its prosperity (from B.C. 506 to 479) was 2,000,000 of square miles, or more than half modernE urope. It was thus eight times as large as theB abylonian Empire at its greatest extent, and probably four times as large as the Assyrian (R awlinson sF ive Great Monarchies, III. 84). Modern Persia has an area of about 500,000 square miles, and is therefore two and a half times larger than France. fT ake, for example, the name of the presentS hah, thus variously spelt Nasir-ud-deen (B inning); Nasreddeen (M ounsey); Nasr-ulD in, Nausser. ood-deen, Nasser-ud-deen (T ownsend sM anual of Dates); Nasser-ed-deen
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