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ابوطالب خان: گزیده هایی از «مسیر طالبی»، در ایرلند، انگلستان، فرانسه

گزیده هایی از گزیده هایی از «مسیر طالبی» ، به کوشش حسین خدیوجم، تهران، کتابهای جیبی، ۱۳۵۲ talibi-01-cover-intros talibi-02-Biginning-of-trip-to-farang talibi-03-binoculars-gold talibi-04-whale-cold talibi-05-comparisons-slaves talibi-06-slaves talibi-07-cheated talibi-08-going-to-irland talibi-09-irish-poor talibi-10-irish-house-entrances talibi-11-nightlight talibi-12-noise-of-coaches talibi-13-statues talibi-14-caricatures-spectacle talibi-15-snow-maturity talibi-16-nightlife-silent-servers talibi-17-entering-london talibi-18-meetings-education talibi-19-oxford-henry-the-8th talibi-20-university-anatomy talibi-21-the-hunt talibi-22-british-museum talibi-23-ousely-confrontation

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Joseph Emin: notes and sources

Joseph Emin (1726-1809) was born in Hamadan, Persia, in an Armenian family that, according to his memoirs, were uprooted from Armenia, a few generations before Joseph’s birth, by one of Shah Abbas’s campaigns. When he was a child of five,

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I’tisam al-Din’s Shigarfnamah, 8: buildings and burial ‘rights’

My translation, based on the Farsi version, publication forthcoming: Mirza I’tisam al-Din. Shigarfnamah Vilayet. Toronto: Foundation for Iranian Studies, 2014. On the Features of London Buildings Stone buildings are few and brick buildings many. But churches, old and new, are

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I’tisam al-Din’s Shigarfnamah, 7: English hospitality

My translation, based on the Farsi version, publication forthcoming: Mirza I’tisam al-Din. Shigarfnamah Vilayet. Toronto: Foundation for Iranian Studies, 2014. Arriving in England After a week I arrived at a small coastal town in England. P 86 I mostly went

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