TY  - BOOK
ID  - 208
UR  - https://bahai-library.com/shiel_glimpses_life_persia
WT  - Baha'i Library Online
T1  - Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia: With Notes on Russia, Koords, Toorkomans, Nestorians, Khiva, and Persia
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A1  - Sheil,Lady Mary
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Y1  - 1856
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PB  - John Murray
CY  - London
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M3  - Books; Pilgrims
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LA  - English
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AB  - Considered first travel book on Persia by a woman. Of particular interest to Bahá'ís are her accounts on Babism (Babeeism) and the Bab.
N1  - For Bahá'i references, see pages 175-81, 272-82. Her views are colored by rumors and misunderstandings of the time, but she believes the Faith will grow.  Mirrored with permission from digital.library.upenn.edu/women/sheil/persia/persia.html, proofread and reformatted in 2010. Also available as a PDF image scan [18MB].
C1  -  Formatted 2004-11-20 by Mary Mark Ockerbloom;  Proofread 2010-07-09 by Jonah Winters
KW  - 1850s
KW  - Culture, Persian
KW  - Iran (documents)
KW  - Mentions
KW  - Travelogues
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