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Identifier: cu31924028627036 Title: Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map Year: 1906 (1900s) Authors: Jackson, A. V. Williams (Abraham Valentine Williams), 1862-1937 Subjects: Zoroastrianism Publisher: New York, The Macmillan Company London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. Contributing Library: Cornell University Library Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Text Appearing Before Image: 0. 51, de-Khan, restored this edifice. Compare scribes the walls as fifteen feet thick,also Wilson, Persian Life, p. 162. and he adds some details regardingThe site of the structures, however, the condition of the dome and the cen-was probably occupied originally by tral chamber when he saw it; hismuch older buildings, perhaps the an- description should be consulted.cient palace of the Keianian, Arsa- * So also Ker Porter was informed;clan, and Sasanian kings. see his Travels, 2. 560. 128 TAEHT-I SULEIMAN, AN ANCIENT FORTIFIED TOWN Suleiman are a group to the extreme north, which the nativescall the bazaar, and two others near the rampart on the south-ern and southwestern side. One of these latter the guidecalled the market; the othei-, somewhat to the southwest,which still has a towerlike shaft of its wall standing, he termedthe kitchen. But neither of these structures gave me theimpression of being very old, although it was difficult toexamine them because of the depth of the snow.^

Text Appearing After Image: Scale of Yards0 100 200 ax) 400 BonuAi II CO., Kawlinsons Plan or Takht-i Sdleiman One of the most interesting features of the enclosure ofTakht-i Suleiman is natural and not the work of human hands.It is a deep pond, some three hundred yards in circumference,situated south of the central part of the Takht and plainlyowing its existence to some action of a volcanic character. Thedepth of this reservoir is evidently great, for its rich emeraldhue shades into an azure that resembles the color of the deepsea.2 The water is exquisitely clear, but somewhat saline or ^ For some description of them seeKer Porter, Travels, 2. 560, and Raw-linson, JUGS. 10. 51. 3 Rawlinson, JUGS. 10. 50, givesthe depth as twenty-six fathoms. THE POND AND THE GATEWAY 129 calcareous to the taste, and it possesses a peculiar petrifyingquality, imparted to it by the strong impregnation of calcium,so that its banks are encircled by a stony rim formed by theincrustation from the water wherever it overflows. In thepl

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