| Éditeur : Richard Bentley | Date & Lieu : 1842, London |
| Préface : | Pages : 304 |
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| Langue : Anglais | Format : 100x180 mm |
| Code FIKP : Liv.Ang.3457 | Thème : Histoire |
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KARAH KAPLAN or THE KOORDISH CHIEF The morn had broken with all the delicious freshness peculiar to a Persian spring, upon the bazaars (l) of Hamadan,(2) which presented the bustling and crowded appearance usual in an oriental town at that hour. Many and various were the sounds audible throughout this division of the city: in one part reverberated the heavy strokes from the hammers of the armourers as they fell with loud clang upon the anvils; from another rose the buzzing noise proceeding from the looms of the weavers and the bows of the cotton pickers, while at the same time the overpowering din was increased by the jingling of the bells attached to the necks of the camels and mules that were threading the bazars in long strings, and the shrill cries of the muleteers, uttered both as warnings to the crowd, and a spur to the animals to quicken their speed.... | |||||
| PREFACE One of the first observations likely to be made by any one who takes up this work, on perusing the title page, will be, what is the meaning of Karah Kaplan? In anticipation of this question, I have written a few lines concerning the name I have given to my story. It consists of two Turkish words, Karah, black, and Kaplan, a tiger, and is pronounced by laying the accent strongly on the first and last syllables, for instance Karah Kaplan. It is the surname of a Koordish Chief, who plays a most conspicuous part in the narrative. THE AUTHOR | ||||
