BATUM TO BAGHDAD, Walter B. Harris, Via Tiflis, Tabriz and Kurdistan (Persia)

BATUM TO BAGHDAD

Via Tiflis, Tabriz and Kurdistan (Persia)

Walter B. Harris

William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1896

About this Book

A record of Harris’ journey in 1895/1896 from from Tiflis, the capital of Georgia, through Armenia, across Persia to Persian Kurdistan and onto Baghdad.

Chapters include:

TIFLIS
DRIVE ACROSS TRANSCAUCASIA
JULPA TO TABRIZ
TABRIZ
TABRIZ TO MARAGHA
MARAGHA TO MITANDOB
MIYANDOB TO SUJ-BULAK
PERSIAN KURDISTAN AND ITS INHABITANTS
TRAVELS IN PERSIAN KURDISTAN
BANA TO KERMANSHAH
KERMANSHAH TO BAGHDAD
BAGHDAD IN 1896

About the Author

Walter B. Harris was a British newspaper correspondent for the London Times who lived in Morocco for thirty years and wrote books on his experiences there, including “Morocco That Was”, as well as books on his travels to Yemen and the Caucasus.

Foundation For Kurdish Library & Museum