Safar Nameh, Persian Pictures: A Book Of Travel

Gertrude Bell (1868 - 1926)

Gertrude Bell traveled extensively in the Middle East in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, studying the archaeology and anthropology of the region. She became an expert and was instrumental in formulating British policy in the region following the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the outbreak of World War I. - Summary by LynneT

Genre(s): Exploration

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Introductory Kazbek
00:01:16
Play 01 AN EASTERN CITY Mario Pineda
00:18:49
Play 02 THE TOWER OF SILENCE Mario Pineda
00:09:17
Play 03 IN PRAISE OF GARDENS Owlivia
00:16:03
Play 04 THE KING OF MERCHANTS Ciufi Galeazzi
00:09:28
Play 05 THE IMAM HUSSEIN jenno
00:16:46
Play 06 THE SHADOW OF DEATH jenno
00:16:41
Play 07 DWELLERS IN TENTS jenno
00:13:40
Play 08 THREE NOBLE LADIES jenno
00:15:36
Play 09 THE TREASURE OF THE KING jenno
00:14:00
Play 10 SHEIKH HASSAN Ted Lienhart
00:16:31
Play 11 A PERSIAN HOST Ted Lienhart
00:13:23
Play 12 A STAGE AND A HALF gpaulsen
00:12:58
Play 13 A BRIDLE-PATH Owlivia
00:18:43
Play 14 TWO PALACES Owlivia
00:18:14
Play 15 THE MONTH OF FASTING Gloria Loughry
00:14:45
Play 16 REQUIESCANT IN PACE Owlivia
00:18:05
Play 17 THE CITY OF KING PRUSIAS gpaulsen
00:10:59
Play 18 SHOPS AND SHOPKEEPERS NRThomas
00:12:50
Play 19 A MURRAY OF THE FIRST CENTURY Maria Angela R. Aragon
00:17:37
Play 20 TRAVELLING COMPANIONS docdlmartin
00:20:28