Uncharted Knowledge Wisdom From Previous Realities View as JSON for agents & LLMs

Islam

The Glory of the Shia World: Illustrations

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