Persia the Land of the Imams A Narrative of Travel And Residence 1871 to 1885

1887. The missionary James Bassett, traveled extensively in Europe, passed many years in Turkey and Persia, and was the first American to settle in Teheran, and the first known to have traveled as far east as the alleged tomb of Haroun-al-Raschid at Mashhad. As a pioneer of missionary work, he gained a wide acquaintance with the manners and customs of central and eastern Persia. He is the author of several books on Persia including Hymns in Persian; A Grammatical Note on the Simnuni Dialects of the Persian; Among the Turcomans; Persia the Land of the Imams.Bassett, James is the author of 'Persia the Land of the Imams A Narrative of Travel And Residence 1871 to 1885' with ISBN 9781417949533 and ISBN 1417949538.