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THE GLORY OF THE SHIA WORLD THE TALE OF A PILGRIMAGE TRANSLATED & EDITED FROM A PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT BY MAJOR P. M. SYKES, C.M.G. HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S CONSUL-GENERAL AND AGENT TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA IN KHORASAN ROYAL GOLD MEDALLIST OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY AUTHOR OF 'TEN THOUSAND MILES IN PERSIA' ASSISTED BY KHAN BAHADUR AHMAD DIN KHAN ATTACHÉ TO THE BRITISH CONSULATE-GENERAL WITH MANY ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT AND FOUR COLOURED REPRODUCTIONS FROM PERSIAN PAINTINGS MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON [1910] Scanned, proofed and formatted by John Bruno Hare, at sacred-texts.com, November 2007. This text is in the public domain in the US because it was published prior to 1923. These files may be used for any purpose. Click to enlarge Front Cover and Spine Click to enlarge Frontispiece: BIJEN IN THE WELL (See p. 10). From the collection of Major Sykes. Click to enlarge