The Glory of the Shia World, by P. M. Sykes and Khan Bahadur Ahmad din Khan, [1910], at sacred-texts.com

THE GLORY OF THE SHIA WORLD

THE TALE OF A PILGRIMAGE

TRANSLATED & EDITED FROM A PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT

BY

MAJOR P. M. SYKES, C.M.G.

HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S CONSUL-GENERAL
AND AGENT TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA IN KHORASAN
ROYAL GOLD MEDALLIST OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
AUTHOR OF 'TEN THOUSAND MILES IN PERSIA'

ASSISTED BY

KHAN BAHADUR AHMAD DIN KHAN

ATTACHÉ TO THE BRITISH CONSULATE-GENERAL

WITH MANY ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT AND FOUR COLOURED REPRODUCTIONS FROM PERSIAN PAINTINGS

MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON

[1910]

Scanned, proofed and formatted by John Bruno Hare, at sacred-texts.com, November 2007. This text is in the public domain in the US because it was published prior to 1923. These files may be used for any purpose.

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Front Cover and Spine

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Frontispiece: BIJEN IN THE WELL (See p. 10). From the collection of Major Sykes.

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