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Safar Nameh, Persian Pictures: A Book Of Travel

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Gertrude Bell traveled extensively in the Middle East in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, studying the archaeology and anthropology of the region. She became an expert and was instrumental in formulating British policy in the region following the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the outbreak of World War I. - Summary by LynneT (5 hr 6 min)

Chapters

Introductory

1:16

Read by Kazbek

AN EASTERN CITY

18:49

Read by Mario Pineda

THE TOWER OF SILENCE

9:17

Read by Mario Pineda

IN PRAISE OF GARDENS

16:02

Read by Owlivia

THE KING OF MERCHANTS

9:28

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

THE IMAM HUSSEIN

16:46

Read by jenno

THE SHADOW OF DEATH

16:41

Read by jenno

DWELLERS IN TENTS

13:40

Read by jenno

THREE NOBLE LADIES

15:36

Read by jenno

THE TREASURE OF THE KING

14:00

Read by jenno

SHEIKH HASSAN

16:31

Read by Ted Lienhart

A PERSIAN HOST

13:23

Read by Ted Lienhart

A STAGE AND A HALF

12:58

Read by gpaulsen

A BRIDLE-PATH

18:43

Read by Owlivia

TWO PALACES

18:14

Read by Owlivia

THE MONTH OF FASTING

14:45

Read by Gloria Loughry

REQUIESCANT IN PACE

18:05

Read by Owlivia

THE CITY OF KING PRUSIAS

10:59

Read by gpaulsen

SHOPS AND SHOPKEEPERS

12:50

Read by NRThomas

A MURRAY OF THE FIRST CENTURY

17:37

Read by Maria Angela R. Aragon

TRAVELLING COMPANIONS

20:28

Read by docdlmartin