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Identifier: cu31924028627036 Title: Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map Year: 1906 (1900s) Authors: Jackson, A. V. Williams (Abraham Valentine Williams), 1862-1937 Subjects: Zoroastrianism Publisher: New York, The Macmillan Company London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. Contributing Library: Cornell University Library Digitizing Sponsor: MSN
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Text Appearing After Image: Ihe /oklia^tkian Towek of Silence at Kei THE DAKHMAH AT EEI 441 thousand feet. No wonder it looked sullen at its ceaseless taskin crushing beneath its ponderous bulk for ages, as legends tell,the giant monster Zohak, or Azhi Dahaka, lest he escape fromhis chains and tyrannize the world. Only in the eleventh millen-nium will the mountain be relieved from duty, for then thehero Sama Keresaspa will waken from his sleep, slay Zohak,and usher in the dawn of a new era. But soon we were entering the gates of the capital, and mythoughts were turned from ancient legends and ancient ruinsto themes of the present. CHAPTER XXVIII THROUGH MAZANDARAN TO TPIE CASPIAN SEA To the sea-shore he gan his way apply,To weete if shipping readie he mote there descry. — Spenser, Faerie Queene, 5. 12. 3. I HAD been a week in Teheran and had especially enjoyedmy visit because I had accomplished most of the immediatepurposes I had in view. Though loath to depart, I found thetime demanded my leaving if I were to
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