. Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . View of Yezd. A Street in Yezd, showing a Wind-Tower THE CITY OF TEZD 349 During the earlier years of Mohammedan rule Yezd becamea place of refuge and stronghold for the Zoroastrian Gabars,probably because of its remote situation in the desert, althoughit was never out of touch with the rest of Persia. The firstEuropean known to have visited it was Marco Polo in 1272,who calls it the good and noble city of Yasdi. ^ The Italianfriar Odoric of Pordenone, who came here about fifty yearsl
. Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . View of Yezd. A Street in Yezd, showing a Wind-Tower THE CITY OF TEZD 349 During the earlier years of Mohammedan rule Yezd becamea place of refuge and stronghold for the Zoroastrian Gabars,probably because of its remote situation in the desert, althoughit was never out of touch with the rest of Persia. The firstEuropean known to have visited it was Marco Polo in 1272,who calls it the good and noble city of Yasdi. ^ The Italianfriar Odoric of Pordenone, who came here about fifty yearslater than Marco, speaks of the town as Geth, Gest, orlest,2 and Josafa Barbaro, the Venetian (1474), writes thename as les or Jex.^ Notwithstanding the earlier and later importance of thecity, Yezd has little to offer in the way of sight-seeing, and itcertainly cannot lay any claim to natural beauty. One ridesfor hours through narrow winding streets, with nothing to seebut walls of clay, the backs of houses, a streak of sky (whichblazes as soon as summer begins), and a glimpse of high wind-towers rising from the roofs
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