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Author Sohrabi, Naghmeh.

Title Taken for wonder : nineteenth-century travel accounts from Iran to Europe / Naghmeh Sohrabi.

Publication New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.
Location Classmark Barcode Loan Type Status
 Library - Floor 3  D919.S719    12189111  STANDARD  AVAILABLE
Description x, 179 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-173) and index.
Contents Writing travel, making genre -- The reluctant tourist : Mirza Abul Hasan Khan and his "Book of wonder" -- Long day's journey into night : Mirza Fattah Khan Garmrudi's accounts of Europe -- The traveling king : Nasir al-Din Shah and his books of travel -- A dervish and a merchant walk into Europe : the popularization of travel of writing -- Conclusion.
Subject Europe -- Description and travel.
Europe -- Relations -- Iran.
Iran -- Relations -- Europe.
Travelers' writings, Persian -- Europe -- History and criticism.
Iranians -- Europe -- History -- 19th century.
Europe -- History -- 1789-1900.
Iran -- History -- Qajar dynasty, 1794-1925.
ISBN 9780199829705 (alk. paper)
0199829705 (alk. paper)
OCLC # 742234206
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