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Titre
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En
Ten Thousand Miles in Persia, or Eight Years in Iran
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Fr
Dix mille miles en Perse, ou huit annees en Iran
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Type
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Travelogue
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Auteur.e.s
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Sykes, Percy Molesworth, Sir (1867–1945)
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Résumé
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En
Account by the British soldier, diplomat, and prolific writer Percy Molesworth Sykes of his eight years of travel and residence in Persia, covering roughly ten thousand miles across the country. After a secret 1892 mission to survey the Trans-Caspian Railway at Samarkand and further surveying and mapping journeys to Persia in 1893 and 1894, Sykes was appointed in late 1894 as the first British consul for Kerman and Persian Baluchistan, a post he held for the following decade. Identified on the title page as "H.M. Consul, Kerman and Persian Baluchistan," Sykes combined official consular duties with extensive travel, producing a detailed, well-illustrated account (with a folding map) of the geography, peoples, and political situation of southern and eastern Persia during the late Naseri and early Mozaffari periods. Of relevance for the study of Shi'i religious and mourning culture, Sykes's long residence in Kerman, a significant provincial Shi'i centre, and his subsequent scholarly interest in Shi'ism — evident in his later dedicated study The Glory of the Shia World (1910) — make this earlier travelogue an important source for Muharram observance and ta'zieh performance in provincial southern Persia, complementing the capital- and Isfahan-centred accounts that dominate this collection. Sykes went on to write A History of Persia (2 vols., 1915), long a standard English-language reference, and later commanded the South Persia Rifles during the First World War.
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Fr
Recit du soldat, diplomate et prolifique ecrivain britannique Percy Molesworth Sykes relatant ses huit annees de voyage et de residence en Perse, couvrant environ dix mille miles a travers le pays. Apres une mission secrete en 1892 pour relever le chemin de fer transcaspien a Samarcande et d'autres voyages de releve et de cartographie en Perse en 1893 et 1894, Sykes fut nomme fin 1894 premier consul britannique de Kerman et du Beloutchistan persan, poste qu'il occupa pendant la decennie suivante. Identifie sur la page de titre comme « consul de S.M. a Kerman et au Beloutchistan persan », Sykes allia les fonctions consulaires officielles a de vastes voyages, produisant un recit detaille et richement illustre (avec une carte depliante) de la geographie, des peuples et de la situation politique du sud et de l'est de la Perse durant la fin de la periode nasserienne et le debut de la periode mozaffarite. D'un interet pour l'etude de la vie religieuse et de la culture de deuil chiites, la longue residence de Sykes a Kerman, centre chiite provincial important, et son interet savant ulterieur pour le chiisme — manifeste dans son etude ulterieure dediee The Glory of the Shia World (1910) — font de ce recit de voyage anterieur une source importante sur les commemorations de Muharram et la representation de la ta'zieh dans le sud provincial de la Perse, completant les recits centres sur la capitale et Ispahan qui dominent cette collection. Sykes redigea ensuite A History of Persia (2 vol., 1915), longtemps ouvrage de reference standard en langue anglaise, et commanda plus tard les South Persia Rifles durant la Premiere Guerre mondiale.
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Edition
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John Murray, London
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Date
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1902
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Langue
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En
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Citation bibliographique
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Sykes, Percy Molesworth. 1902. Ten Thousand Miles in Persia, or Eight Years in Iran. London: John Murray.
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Droits
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Public Domain