Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . mm , u I, ^Ai rt^rx\t^i^ h , > •:? _-;j>:^;.^a. KiNc Darius on his Throne. Briduis leadin« into Shiraz FROM ZERO UN TO THE GATE OF SHIRAZ 323 its beauty. This obstacle is in the form of a steep and inde-scribably stony mountain road winding up and down andhither and thither, past ruined forts and dilapidated habita-tions, before reaching the stream of Roknabad. This small riverwas so named after the Buyid ruler, Rokn ad-Daulah Hasan, inthe tenth century, who conducted its w
Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . mm , u I, ^Ai rt^rx\t^i^ h , > •:? _-;j>:^;.^a. KiNc Darius on his Throne. Briduis leadin« into Shiraz FROM ZERO UN TO THE GATE OF SHIRAZ 323 its beauty. This obstacle is in the form of a steep and inde-scribably stony mountain road winding up and down andhither and thither, past ruined forts and dilapidated habita-tions, before reaching the stream of Roknabad. This small riverwas so named after the Buyid ruler, Rokn ad-Daulah Hasan, inthe tenth century, who conducted its water by special coursesto Shiraz and the beautiful suburb Musalla. It owes its fame,however, to Hafiz, who sang its praises and compared it withthe rivers of Paradise. But the Roknabad has now shrunk toso small a measure that Hafiz seems guilty of a strange hyper-bole in the verse, In Paradise thou wilt not findThe beauteous banks of RoknabadAnd the rose-bowers of Musalla. Nevertheless the landscape about the stream is Arcadian, andthe scenery calls forth admiration from the rider as he windshis way downward through the mountain glade that lies beyondthe stony section of the road. Suddenl
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