Persia Revisited 1895: With Remarks On H.I.M. Mozuffer Ed-Din Shah And The Present Situation In Persia Gordon, Sir T[Homas] E[Dward] Turkey, The Caucasus And Middle East

First edition. Octavo volume in original gilt stamped dark blue/green cloth. Complete with [ix]+308 pages. Includes 10 photographic plates. The cover has a gilt illustration of the Shah's seal of a lion, surrounded by the inscription in Arabic "El Sultan, Bin el Sultan, Bin el Sultan, Bin el Sultan. El Sultan, Nasr-ed-Din Shah, Kajar" (The King, Son of the King, Son of the King, Son of the King, the King, Nasr ed-Din Shah, Kajar dynasty). Near fine condition overall. Gordon (1832-1914) fought in India as a British army officer. He subsequently served as the Military Attache to the British Legation in Tehran (present day Iran). Gordon also participated in the second Yarkand mission that traveled from India over the Tibetan Plateau and the Pamirs to Chinese Turkestan (an account of which Gordon published in 1876 as "The Roof of the World"). Gordon revisited Persia in 1894 and published this book as an attempt to show evidence of the "progress and improvement" he found. As well as personal observations from both this visit and his previous service in Tehran, Gordon acknowledges information drawn from well know authors including Malcol, Fraser, Watson, and Curzon. Photos include portraits of the late Shah Nasr ed-Din on the Peacock Throne, the current Shah Mozuffer ed-Din, a female pipe bearer, Persian ladies, a medicant Dervish, an Armenian mother and children, and a Turk of the military tribes.