Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 7
3. A few notes 9
4. Transliteration 11
5. 1 The travelogues and their scribes
6. 1.1 Travelogues as Historical and Social Records 13
7. 1.2 Mirzā Ṣāleḥ Diary of Persia 19
8. 1.3 Interwoven Histories: Exploring Complementary Societal and Cultural Narratives 26
9. 2 Sketches of Persia and its translation
10. Introduction 30
11. Chapter I: Voyage from Bombay to the Persian Gulf 36
12. Chapter II: Muscat 44
13. Chapter III: The Persian Gulf and Abusheher 58
14. Chapter IV: Camp at Abusheher—Horses—Abdûlla Aga [ʿAbdollāh Āqā]— Anecdote of Arab 70
15. Chapter V: Hunting and Hawking—Entertainment of the Shaikh— Tollemache—Mirage—Nadir Shâh [Nāder Shāh] and Turkish Ambassador 78
16. Chapter VI: Elchee’s Lectures—Mehmandar [Mehmāndār]’s Journal—Arab Nurse—Blue-beard—Persian Ceremony—King’s Picture 92
17. Chapter VII: Mountaineers—Valley of Kazeroon—Virtue of Nitric Acid—Rizâ Kooli Khan [Rezā Qoli Khān]’s loss of Eyes—Extraordinary Birds—Beautiful Valley of Dusht-e-Arjun [Dasht-e Arzhan]—Mahomed Rizâ Khan Byat [Moḥammad Rezā Khān Bayāt]—Irish Patriotism—Persian Squire 106
18. Chapter VIII: Principal Characters of the Mission—Mahomed Hoosein Khan [Moḥammad Ḥosein Khān]—Jaffier Ali Khan [Jaʿfar ʿAli Khān]—Meerzâ Aga Meer [Mirzā Āqā Mir]—Mahomed Hoosein [Moḥammad Ḥosein Khān]—Hajee Hoosein [Ḥāji Ḥosein]—Candidates for the Elchee’s favour 118
19. Chapter IX: Importance of Forms—Description of Those Used at Visits in Persia—Difficulties on This Subject—Happy Termination of a Battle of Ceremonies between the First Mission and the Petty Court of Shiraz—Persian Society—Fables and Apologues 132
20. Chapter X: Fable of the Two Cats—Preamble to Persian Treaty—Apologues from Sâdee—Letter from Nizâm-ool-Moolk [Neẓām-ol-Molk] to Mahomed Shâh [Moḥammad Shāh]—Death of Yezdijird [Yazdgerd] 156
21. Chapter XI. Shiraz—Shaikh-ool-Islâm, or Chief Judge—Story of Abd-ool-Kâdir [ʿAbdol Qāder]—Entertainments—Derveesh Seffer [Darvish Ṣafar]—Story of Abdûlla of Khorassan [ʿAbdollāh of Khorāsān]—Persian Poet 174
22. Chapter XII: Persian Servants—Departure from Shiraz—Persepolis—Tale of the Labours of Roostem—Anecdote of a Sportsman 200
23. Chapter XIII: Travellers and Antiquaries—Wild Ass—Hawking—Mâder-e- Sûlimân[Mādar-e Soleymān], —Akleed—Mirrors—Mehdee Khan [Mirzā Mahdi Khān]—Isfahan—Persian Citizens and Peasantry—Shâh Abbas the Great—Hâroon-oor-Rasheed [Hārun al-Rashid] —Nethenz [Naṭanz] 230
24. 3 Mirzā Ṣāleḥ’s Diary of Persia and its translation 264
25. Bibliography 313
26. Index
27. Individuals 315
28. Cities 319
29. Iranian Studies Series 321