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Full Title

A History of Persia
Author(s)

Percy Molesworth Sykes
Edition
ISBN

9781473350588, 9781406726923, 9781443724081
Publisher

Hesperides Press
Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

Sykes was educated at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst and, upon his commission as an officer in the British Army, joined a cavalry regiment in India in 1888. In November 1892, he undertook a secret mission to Samarkand (present-day Uzbekistan) to survey, on behalf of the British authorities, the Trans-Caspian Railway, recently completed by the Russians. He made trips to Persia in 1893 and 1894 for surveying and mapping, and to cultivate local leaders. In late 1894, he was appointed the first British consul for Kermān and Baluchistan, a position he held for the next decade. After an introduction to the climate and physical features of the country, A History of Persia provides a comprehensive history, from the early civilization of Elam (circa 2700 BC) to the adoption of the first modern constitution in 1906.Presented here is Volume II. It contains maps, illustrations, and a bibliography of sources used by Sykes.

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