... and described the mountain [‘out* of the most dismal and disagreeable eights ou tho face of the earth.” A little later a Persian Shah offered large reward anyone who should get up, hut no one claimed it. Ultimately the first ascent was accomplished in 18211 ...

... of India in Afghanistan 1110 key the Indian Ocean must l>o in our case not the laud the, Afghan Emirs but that of the Persian Shahs.! The possibility this junction should not quentiy distract the attention of the Russian Government from what is so highly ...

... Baku supplied the whole country far as Bagdad, and the trade became valuable that Armenian Emperors fought for it with Persian Shahs. Peter the Great first determined that Russia should have the benefit of the great oil deposits. He took measures for the ...