{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/gsw/gsw03.htm","path":"isl/gsw/gsw03.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/gsw/gsw03.htm","text":"The Glory of the Shia World, by P. M. Sykes and Khan Bahadur Ahmad din Khan, [1910]\n| IN COLOUR | | \n| Bijen in the Well | Frontispiece | \n| Hazrat Ali slays Marhab | Face page 15 | \n| Laila and Majnun | \u201e 34 | \n| Shaykh Sinan meets the Christian Maiden | \u201e 42 | \n| IN BLACK AND WHITE | | \n| | PAGE | \n| From a Kerman Carpet (Headpiece) | v | \n| From a Kerman Shawl (Headpiece) | vii | \n| From an Earthenware Water Pipe (Tailpiece) | x | \n| From an Old Ivory Dagger-Hilt (Headpiece) | xi | \n| From a Copper Lantern (Headpiece) | xii | \n| \u201e \u201e \u201e (Tailpiece) | xiv | \n| From Lustred Pottery (Headpiece) | 1 | \n| Mohamed Ismail Khan, the Vakil-ul-Mulk | 5 | \n| The Mahun Shrine | 9 | \n| A Design from Old Pottery (Tailpiece) | 16 | \n| From a Carpet (Headpiece) | 17 | \n| Sirdar Husein Khan and his Family | 27 | \n| The Fort of the Rebel Baluch | 29 | \n| p. viii | | \n| | PAGE | \n| Head, from a Birjand Carpet (Tailpiece) | 33 | \n| From a Tile of the Fourteenth Century (Headpiece) | 34 | \n| The Garden at Mahun | 35 | \n| Shaykh Ahmad | 45 | \n| From an Old Tile (Tailpiece) | 49 | \n| From a Bronze Mirror (Headpiece) | 50 | \n| The Governor's Falcons | 52 | \n| The \"White Fort\" | 55 | \n| The Stone Pulpit of the \"White Fort\" | 56 | \n| A Persian Salt Swamp | 60 | \n| From an Old Vase (Tailpiece) | 64 | \n| From Old Needlework (Headpiece) | 65 | \n| A Persian Wedding | 73 | \n| From a Sasanian Brass Bowl (Tailpiece) | 82 | \n| From an Old Brass Tray (Headpiece) | 83 | \n| The Fort of Ardeshir | 86 | \n| A Parsi Gardener | 87 | \n| A Persian Band | 89 | \n| A Kerman Carpet and its Owner | 91 | \n| Plan of the Meshed Shrine | Face page 101 | \n| Design from an Old Brass Tray (Tailpiece) | 101 | \n| From an Earthenware Water Pipe (Headpiece) | 102 | \n| Mirza Hasan Khan, Mustaufi | 109 | \n| The Mullah | 112 | \n| From the Sheath of a Dagger (Tailpiece) | 118 | \n| From an Enamelled Box (Headpiece) | 119 | \n| In the Jabal Bariz | 125 | \n| Gipsy Musicians | 133 | \n| From an Old Brass Tray (Tailpiece) | 137 | \n| From a Carpet (Headpiece) | 138 | \n| p. ix | | \n| | PAGE | \n| The Dervish at No Ruz | 140 | \n| The Shah's Wrestler | 153 | \n| Detail from a Kerman Carpet (Tailpiece) | 160 | \n| Quotation from Hafiz (Headpiece) | 161 | \n| Mahmud Khan | 167 | \n| Detail from a Kerman Carpet (Tailpiece) | 176 | \n| From a Nomad Carpet (Headpiece) | 177 | \n| The Koran Stand at Anar | 182 | \n| Yezd and its Wind Towers | 186 | \n| From an enamelled Box (Headpiece) | 191 | \n| Leaders of the Muharram Procession | 195 | \n| The Muharram at Yezd | 199 | \n| The Caravanserai at Rizab | 208 | \n| Gholam Ali, \"Cut Hand\" | 209 | \n| A Meshed Banker | 211 | \n| From Lustred Pottery (Headpiece) | 214 | \n| Baluch Nomads | 222 | \n| Turbat-i-Heideri | 225 | \n| The \"Lower Avenue,\" Meshed | 231 | \n| From a Turkoman Carpet (Headpiece) | 234 | \n| The Imam taking the Poisoned Grapes from the Caliph | 235 | \n| The \"Old Court,\" showing Nadir's Fountain in the foreground | 241 | \n| The Golden Porch of Nadir Shah | 245 | \n| The Tomb Chamber | 251 | \n| The Golden Door at the Foot of the Tomb | 255 | \n| From a Metal Lantern (Headpiece) | 258 | \n| Mirza Hasan Ali, the Poet | 259 | \n| The Mosque of Gauhar Shad Aga | 263 | \n| p. x | | \n| | PAGE | \n| In the Kuhpaia District | 273 | \n| From an Earthenware Water Pipe (Tailpiece) | 277 | \n| The Seal of the Imam Riza | 278 | \n| From a Lacquered Pen Box (Headpiece) | 279 | \nNote.\u2014The headpieces and other designs are drawn by Miss E. R. SYKES, from objects in Major SYKES'S collection.","title":"The Glory of the Shia World: Illustrations","type":"page"}