Taken for wonder : nineteenth-century travel accounts from Iran to Europe

Publication Data

• Title Taken for wonder : nineteenth-century travel accounts from Iran to Europe
• Author Naghmeh Sohrabi
• Publisher Oxford University Press
• Publication date 2012
• Publication location New York
• Language English

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.

Topics

• Travelers' writings, Persian :: Europe :: History and criticism
• Iranians :: Europe :: History :: 19th century
• Europe :: Description and travel
• Europe :: Relations :: Iran
• Iran :: Relations :: Europe
• Europe :: History :: 1789-1900
• Iran :: History :: Qajar dynasty, 1794-1925
• Europe
• Iran

Taken for wonder : nineteenth-century travel accounts from Iran to Europe by Naghmeh Sohrabi. ISBN 9780199829705. Published by Oxford University Press in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.