Travels through Northern Persia 1770 1774 1st Edition by Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin, Willem Floor 1933823151 9781933823157
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ISBN 10: 1933823151
ISBN 13: 9781933823157
Author: Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin, Willem Floor
In 1770 the young German scientist and explorer Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin embarked on a journey on behalf of the Russian Academy of Sciences and in the service of Catherine the Great. These heretofore little-read accounts of his travels and broad research in Northern Persia, first published in German in St. Petersburg in the 1770 s, have now been translated for the first time into English by renowned scholar Willem Floor. In the two voyages recounted in this volume, Gmelin kept journals describing the customs, industry, political world, warfare, geography, and plant and animal life of Northern Persia, until his capture and imprisonment in the village of Parakay near the Caspian Sea in 1774–a misfortune that he also was able to record, and which is included here in the final volume of his travelogue.
Table of contents:
Departure from Astrakhan
Darband
Darband to Niyazabad and Kuba
Departure for Baku
Arrival at Baku
Naphtha
Baku town
Departure to Shamakhi
Shamakhi
Saliyan
Enzeli
Description of birds
Use of reeds and methods of fishing
Sojourn at Enzeli
Rasht Province
Smoking
Paper-making and writing implements
Gilani fruits
Catching of birds and jackals
Making of syrup and bathhouses
Persian medical science
New year and other forms of merry-making
Naturalist observations
The Jews of Rasht
Moharram festival
Visit to Lahejan and Langerud and the examination of the Gilani shoals
The Gilani language
A journey from Rudesar to the mountains, returning to Rasht
Sojourn in Shaft
The Persian attitude toward Christians
Types of melons and prayer for rain
Departure from Shaft
Masula
Kasma
Rasht again
Departure to Mazandaran
Amol
Mazandaran: recent history and administrative structure
Barforush
Mazandaran: fortified line; products; trade
Sari
Ashraf
Qajars
Barforush: problems with the governor
Mazandaran: produce, wines, and Barforush Palace
Mountain sheep
Bezoar
Gazelle and small carnivores
Return to Enzeli
Return to Astrakhan
Description of Mangyshlak Bay and its hinterland
Description of Tyub-Karagan and its hinterland
Turkmen tribes
Nephtenoy Island
Bay of Astarabad
Qajars: their recent history
Departure for Enzeli
Journey from Enzeli to Talesh
Lenkoran and Talesh
Talesh: recent history
Journey from Lenkoran to Saliyan
Local politics—the battle for Shamakhi
Miscellaneous naturalist observations
Journey from Saliyan to Baku
Journey from Baku to Darband
Fate in the realm of the Usmi
The Qara-Qeytaq and other peoples of Daghestan
Who is the Usmi?
The Qeytaq
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