ABSTRACT

This volume is an account of the journey the author made between Eastern Russia (via Tabriz) to Teheran at the turn of the twentieth century. This is not just a travelogue, however, but a lament for the loss of British “prestige” and power in the region to Russia.

chapter |10 pages

“Eastward-Ho!”

chapter |10 pages

Odessa and the Crimea

chapter |9 pages

The Black Sea

(Afon, Suchum, &c.)

chapter |8 pages

Batoum

(The Plague)

chapter |10 pages

Tiflis

chapter |8 pages

Farewell Civilisation

(A Russian Post House)

chapter |5 pages

Taza-Kand

(Dreadful Experiences)

chapter |17 pages

Tabriz

chapter |6 pages

A Day's Shooting

chapter |10 pages

A Vermin District

chapter |10 pages

The Kaflan Kuh

chapter |25 pages

Teheran

chapter |16 pages

Teheran (continued)

chapter |10 pages

The Peacock Throne

chapter |12 pages

The Shah's Army

chapter |14 pages

The Russian Octopus

chapter |8 pages

Railway Enterprise

chapter |10 pages

How It All Came About

chapter |27 pages

Meshed and Bushire

(Turquoise and Pearl)

chapter |8 pages

Through Holy Russia

chapter |3 pages

England To The Rescue