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The Glory of the Shia World, by P. M. Sykes and Khan Bahadur Ahmad din Khan, [1910], at sacred-texts.com


p. vii

FROM A KERMAN SHAWL

ILLUSTRATIONS


IN COLOUR

 

Bijen in the Well

Frontispiece

Hazrat Ali slays Marhab

Face page 15

Laila and Majnun

„     34

Shaykh Sinan meets the Christian Maiden

„     42


IN BLACK AND WHITE

 

 

PAGE

From a Kerman Carpet (Headpiece)

v

From a Kerman Shawl (Headpiece)

vii

From an Earthenware Water Pipe (Tailpiece)

x

From an Old Ivory Dagger-Hilt (Headpiece)

xi

From a Copper Lantern (Headpiece)

xii

    „      „        „    (Tailpiece)

xiv

From Lustred Pottery (Headpiece)

1

Mohamed Ismail Khan, the Vakil-ul-Mulk

5

The Mahun Shrine

9

A Design from Old Pottery (Tailpiece)

16

From a Carpet (Headpiece)

17

Sirdar Husein Khan and his Family

27

The Fort of the Rebel Baluch

29

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PAGE

Head, from a Birjand Carpet (Tailpiece)

33

From a Tile of the Fourteenth Century (Headpiece)

34

The Garden at Mahun

35

Shaykh Ahmad

45

From an Old Tile (Tailpiece)

49

From a Bronze Mirror (Headpiece)

50

The Governor's Falcons

52

The "White Fort"

55

The Stone Pulpit of the "White Fort"

56

A Persian Salt Swamp

60

From an Old Vase (Tailpiece)

64

From Old Needlework (Headpiece)

65

A Persian Wedding

73

From a Sasanian Brass Bowl (Tailpiece)

82

From an Old Brass Tray (Headpiece)

83

The Fort of Ardeshir

86

A Parsi Gardener

87

A Persian Band

89

A Kerman Carpet and its Owner

91

Plan of the Meshed Shrine

Face page 101

Design from an Old Brass Tray (Tailpiece)

101

From an Earthenware Water Pipe (Headpiece)

102

Mirza Hasan Khan, Mustaufi 

109

The Mullah 

112

From the Sheath of a Dagger (Tailpiece)

118

From an Enamelled Box (Headpiece)

119

In the Jabal Bariz

125

Gipsy Musicians

133

From an Old Brass Tray (Tailpiece)

137

From a Carpet (Headpiece)

138

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PAGE

The Dervish at No Ruz

140

The Shah's Wrestler

153

Detail from a Kerman Carpet (Tailpiece)

160

Quotation from Hafiz (Headpiece)

161

Mahmud Khan

167

Detail from a Kerman Carpet (Tailpiece)

176

From a Nomad Carpet (Headpiece)

177

The Koran Stand at Anar

182

Yezd and its Wind Towers

186

From an enamelled Box (Headpiece)

191

Leaders of the Muharram Procession

195

The Muharram at Yezd

199

The Caravanserai at Rizab

208

Gholam Ali, "Cut Hand"

209

A Meshed Banker

211

From Lustred Pottery (Headpiece)

214

Baluch Nomads

222

Turbat-i-Heideri

225

The "Lower Avenue," Meshed

231

From a Turkoman Carpet (Headpiece)

234

The Imam taking the Poisoned Grapes from the Caliph

235

The "Old Court," showing Nadir's Fountain in the foreground

241

The Golden Porch of Nadir Shah

245

The Tomb Chamber

251

The Golden Door at the Foot of the Tomb

255

From a Metal Lantern (Headpiece)

258

Mirza Hasan Ali, the Poet

259

The Mosque of Gauhar Shad Aga 

263

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In the Kuhpaia District

273

From an Earthenware Water Pipe (Tailpiece)

277

The Seal of the Imam Riza

278

From a Lacquered Pen Box (Headpiece)

279

Note.—The headpieces and other designs are drawn by Miss E. R. SYKES, from objects in Major SYKES'S collection.

FROM AN EARTHENWARE WATER PIPE


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