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Titre
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En
In the Land of the Lion and the Sun, or, Modern Persia: Being Experiences of Life in Persia from 1866 to 1881
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Fr
Au pays du lion et du soleil, ou la Perse moderne : experiences de la vie en Perse de 1866 a 1881
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Type
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Travelogue
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Auteur.e.s
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Wills, Charles James (1842–1912)
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Résumé
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En
Memoir by the English physician Charles James Wills, recounting his fifteen years of residence and travel in Persia between 1866 and 1881 while employed by the Indo-European Telegraph Department. Stationed at various points along the telegraph line, Wills combined his medical practice with extensive travel and close observation, producing a detailed and often anecdotal account of daily life, popular customs and beliefs, arts and crafts, festivities (including the Persian New Year), the justice system, and social interactions across all levels of Naseri society. His long residence and professional role as a physician gave him access to Persians of varied social standing, distinguishing his account from more formal diplomatic or scholarly travelogues. Of relevance for the study of Shi'i religious and sectarian life, the work contains numerous passing references to the Babi movement, alongside descriptions of popular religious customs and Muharram-period observances during the mid-to-late Naseri period, following the completion of the Takyeh Dowlat. Widely read as one of the more vivid and accessible English-language accounts of Qajar Persia, the work was republished by Mage Publishers in 2004 as the second volume in the "Persia Observed" series, with a critical introduction by historian Abbas Amanat situating Wills within the broader context of British attitudes toward Iran.
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Fr
Memoire du medecin anglais Charles James Wills, relatant ses quinze annees de residence et de voyage en Perse entre 1866 et 1881, alors qu'il etait employe par le Indo-European Telegraph Department. Poste en divers points le long de la ligne telegraphique, Wills allia sa pratique medicale a de nombreux voyages et une observation attentive, produisant un recit detaille et souvent anecdotique de la vie quotidienne, des coutumes et croyances populaires, des arts et metiers, des festivites (dont le Nouvel An persan), du systeme judiciaire et des interactions sociales a tous les niveaux de la societe nasserienne. Sa longue residence et son role professionnel de medecin lui donnerent acces a des Persans de conditions sociales variees, distinguant son recit des recits de voyage diplomatiques ou savants plus formels. D'un interet pour l'etude de la vie religieuse et sectaire chiite, l'ouvrage contient de nombreuses references incidentes au mouvement babi, aux cotes de descriptions des coutumes religieuses populaires et des commemorations de la periode de Muharram durant le milieu et la fin de la periode nasserienne, apres l'achevement du Takyeh Dowlat. Largement lu comme l'un des recits en langue anglaise les plus vivants et accessibles sur la Perse qajare, l'ouvrage fut reedite par Mage Publishers en 2004 comme second volume de la serie « Persia Observed », avec une introduction critique de l'historien Abbas Amanat situant Wills dans le contexte plus large des attitudes britanniques envers l'Iran.
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Edition
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Ward, Lock and Co.
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London
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Date
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1891 (this ed.) ; first published 1883 ; events 1866–1881
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Langue
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En
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Citation bibliographique
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Wills, Charles James. 1891. In the Land of the Lion and the Sun, or, Modern Persia: Being Experiences of Life in Persia from 1866 to 1881. London: Ward, Lock and Co.
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Droits
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Public Domain