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Sykes Percy

History of Persia with Maps and Illustrations, in Two Volumes, Vol. I and II, Third Edition with Supplementary Essays

London - routledge and kegan paul 1968, MacMillan and Co. 1951,

149.00 €

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Author
Sykes Percy
Publishers
London, routledge and kegan paul 1968, MacMillan and Co. 1951
Keyword
Iran
Cover description
Good
Dust jacket
Yes
State of preservation
Very Good
Inscribed
No
First edition
No

Description

2 volumes, 8vo, original blue cloth, vol. 1 also dj, .xx + 616, pp + xxviiii-616 both with maps and illustrations, .Brigadier-General Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes (1867-1945) was in charge of a British army unit in Southern Persia in World War I and is the author of several other books on the Middle East. Ghani (p.363) considers this, ".the best history we have today in any language other than Persian." though he also cautions against the imperialist viewpoint of the author Another knowledgeable authority on the area calls it, "the definitive history of Persia, a work of remarkable perception, readability and scholarship, which has not been surpassed."