About Persia and Its People : Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, and Home Life, Including Engagements, Marriages, Modes of Traveling, Form of Punishments, Superstitions, Etc (Classic Reprint)
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| Management number | 240635186 | Release Date | 2026/07/16 | List Price | US$12.37 | Model Number | 240635186 | ||
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Excerpt from About Persia and Its People: Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, and Home Life, Including Engagements, Marriages, Modes of Traveling, Form of Punishments, Superstitions, Etc <p>While out on lecture tours in this country, I have been asked many questions about the manners, customs, and peculiarities of my own people, the Nestorian Christians of Persia, called by their scholars Assyrian Christians, and abbreviated by the people into Syrians. These questions I have found it very difficult to answer so as to give anything like a clear picture either of the peo ple or the country in the brief time that I had to answer them under such circumstances, and, hence this book which I now present to the public, with the earnest hope that it may find a welcome. </p><p>About the Publisher </p><p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com </p><p>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.</p>
Excerpt from About Persia and Its People: Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, and Home Life, Including Engagements, Marriages, Modes of Traveling, Form of Punishments, Superstitions, Etc While out on lecture tours in this country, I have been asked many questions about the manners, customs, and peculiarities of my own people, the Nestorian Christians of Persia, called by their scholars Assyrian Christians, and abbreviated by the people into Syrians. These questions I have found it very difficult to answer so as to give anything like a clear picture either of the peo ple or the country in the brief time that I had to answer them under such circumstances, and, hence this book which I now present to the public, with the earnest hope that it may find a welcome. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.| Book format | Paperback |
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| Fiction/nonfiction | Non-Fiction |
| Genre | History/Middle East - General |
| Publication date | April, 2018 |
| Pages | 308 |
| Publisher | Fb&c Ltd |
| Original languages | English |
| Language | english |
| Is collectible | N |
| Binding type | Paperback / softback |
| Assembled product dimensions (l x w x h) | 9.02 x 5.98 x 0.64 Inches |
| Assembled product weight | 0.9100 lb |
| Bisac subject heading | History |
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