Persian

... Asia and Iran publications. YEARS C2500-1200 Elamites & Medes (Persia) 550-330 BC Archaemenid Empire (Persia) - First Persian Empire. Cyrus The Great, Darius, Xerxes etc 356-323 BC Years of Alexander the Great (Invasion of Persia ...

Porting here to do some ...

Today we passed from the Gulf of Oman into the Persian Gulf. The seas settled down and walking around became much easier. Haven't seen any sick bags yet!!! It was a fairly quiet day on board as they gave dis- embarking passengers a chance to pack their ...

... means a big place. It's Main St is about the same length as Croydon, but in that small area I counted no fewer than 7 persian rug stores. Quite the fetish of the $$$ endowed.  I decided on a café, ordered and sat. Waiting for the coffee to be ...

... to travel through plaster cut outs to other rooms in the palace, and the roof terrace area with its cedar columns, frescoes of Persian women and spectacular views of the square.  This is where the Shah and his family would have watched the polo games ...

... has been turned up several notches around here. My chandeliers (3) have arrived from Dubai and they are splendid! Yesterday the Persian carpet man arrived with selections based on our preferences when we went to his shop for lessons. We have purchased 3 ...

... at 15, graduating at 18 and now a consultant IT distributer manager at the second largest distributer in Australia.  He is Persian, a part of Iran before it became the Republic of Iran.  He is a very warm, sensitive man and looked after me when ...

... we wanted to visit. Darioush makes a great Cab called Caravan that Mike and I had really enjoyed.  We pulled up to a Persian looking palace. Mike looked at me; he knows I have a theory that the more grandiose the tasting room the less likely I am to ...

... be changing. Gasht Tour provided us with wonderful guides who showed their love for their country – and who introduced us to Persian hospitality. We pray that peace will remain in Iran so that we can return to see the many things that we were ...

... count countries, but there’s an art to that, too.  Do I really need to spend time in Bahrain to know what the Persian Gulf is all about after Dubai and Qatar and Oman?  I doubt it.  The Caribbean Basin is the same, with more ...

... the last time I wrote to you. So on the 20th March, I went to see my brother and sister in law for yet another Persian new year. The last time I spent it with my brother was in 2001. This was a great gathering of the Sarkardeis celebrating the ...

From Thailand we sailed down through the Indian Ocean up through the Arabian Sea through the Gulf of Orman and into the Persian Gulf where we stayed for 3 months. We were the supply ship for the battle group. We supplied ships with food, ammunition, and ...

Ha! SORRY! But this is incredible! I get here at 9:00 at night, it's 92 degrees. The sand is powder white, the water about 85 degrees, the city behind me looks like it is from a scene out of the Jetson's and I have two camels chillen' by the water 20 ...

Hello again from Dubai, This will actually be my last entry from Dubai on this leg of the trip - but lucky for you I have pictures today. Not of me, as the pictures of me are on other people's cameras. I'm working on it though. This morning ...

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Teheran, le bordel. Esfahan, le bijou. Yazd, le calme. On m'avait vendu la quatrième des grandes villes iraniennes, Shiraz, comme le plus beau témoin du raffinement iranien. La cité a une histoire assez particulière : on attendit la conquête arabe ...