Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . 8ARALAN, A VILLAGE UF MUD Khok Khokah, nkak thk Forest of Keeds(Probably the district where Zoroaster made his first convert) TRADITION OF ZOROASTERS FIRST CONVERT 119 the finest specimens of camel iiesh that I saw in Persia, but Iwas glad to change back again to my horse, as the creaturesgait was atrocious and one needs to be a good sailor to navi-gate with success the ship of the desert. Sunset found my caravan entering Miandoab, a town of sev-eral thousand inhabitants, well
Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . 8ARALAN, A VILLAGE UF MUD Khok Khokah, nkak thk Forest of Keeds(Probably the district where Zoroaster made his first convert) TRADITION OF ZOROASTERS FIRST CONVERT 119 the finest specimens of camel iiesh that I saw in Persia, but Iwas glad to change back again to my horse, as the creaturesgait was atrocious and one needs to be a good sailor to navi-gate with success the ship of the desert. Sunset found my caravan entering Miandoab, a town of sev-eral thousand inhabitants, well named between two rivers(midn do aJ) from its situation between the Jagati and Here I received a pleasant visit from an Armenian-Persian for whom I had brought letters from Urumiah. Aswe chatted on various subjects I told him that I had been un-able thus far to meet with any followers of Zoroasters creedin Azarbaijan. He replied that this was not surprising to him,for he knew of but one Fire-Worshipper (^Atash-Parasf) in thedistrict of Miandoab, and that man called himself a Babi,a follower of the religious reformer whom I ha
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