Safar Nameh, Persian Pictures: A Book Of Travel
Gertrude Bell
Gertrude Bell traveled extensively in the Middle East in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, studying the archaeology and anthropology of the region. She became an expert and was instrumental in formulating British policy in the region following the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the outbreak of World War I. - Summary by LynneT (5 hr 6 min)
Chapters
| Introductory | 1:16 |
| AN EASTERN CITY | 18:49 |
| THE TOWER OF SILENCE | 9:17 |
| IN PRAISE OF GARDENS | 16:03 |
| THE KING OF MERCHANTS | 9:28 |
| THE IMAM HUSSEIN | 16:46 |
| THE SHADOW OF DEATH | 16:41 |
| DWELLERS IN TENTS | 13:40 |
| THREE NOBLE LADIES | 15:36 |
| THE TREASURE OF THE KING | 14:00 |
| SHEIKH HASSAN | 16:31 |
| A PERSIAN HOST | 13:23 |
| A STAGE AND A HALF | 12:58 |
| A BRIDLE-PATH | 18:43 |
| TWO PALACES | 18:14 |
| THE MONTH OF FASTING | 14:45 |
| REQUIESCANT IN PACE | 18:05 |
| THE CITY OF KING PRUSIAS | 10:59 |
| SHOPS AND SHOPKEEPERS | 12:50 |
| A MURRAY OF THE FIRST CENTURY | 17:37 |
| TRAVELLING COMPANIONS | 20:28 |