How Paris Bedazzled a Persian King
“We rose early in the morning, went down into a boat, and pushed off for the shore,” wrote Naser al-Din Shah, recalling his arrival in Paris on July 6, 1873.
“We rose early in the morning, went down into a boat, and pushed off for the shore,” wrote Naser al-Din Shah, recalling his arrival in Paris on July 6, 1873.
The travelogue of Khan, a Persian writer from India, would inspire the Shah of Persia to embark on a years-long journey through Europe.
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