Illustrations

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Bijen in the Well	Frontispiece
Hazrat Ali slays Marhab	Face page 15
Laila and Majnun	„ 34
Shaykh Sinan meets the Christian Maiden	„ 42

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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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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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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

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