A Journal of Three Months’ Walk in Persia in 1884 by Captain John Compton Pyne

Introduction, Notes and Translation

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Contributor(s)
Harris, Russell (editor)
Afsharian, Marjan (editor)
Collection
Knowledge Unlatched (KU)
Language
English
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Abstract
A primary source on a journey to Persia by Captain John Compton Pyne in 1884 revealing the West’s fascination with the Middle East in Victorian times. The book includes an introduction by the editors and a transcription of the manuscript with notes and the original illustrations, mainly watercolours. An important historical document and eye-witness account pertaining to Iran, anthropology, area studies, study of ‘orientalism’ and colonialism, and for historians.
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http://0-library-oapen-org.catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/handle/20.500.12657/31389
https://0-library-oapen-org.catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/handle/20.500.12657/45626
Keywords
History; Iran; Isfahan; Persian language
DOI
10.24415/9789087282622
ISBN
9789087282622, 9789400602601, 9789087282820, 9789400602595
OCN
1030819457
Publisher
Leiden University Press
Publisher website
https://www.lup.nl/
Publication date and place
Leiden, 2017
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Imprint
Leiden University Press
Series
Iranian Studies Series,
Public remark
Relevant Wikipedia pages: Iran - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran; Isfahan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isfahan; Persian language - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_language
Rights
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/