Record Number: 33555
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I wrote him long letters in Persian characters. "Duste azize man," they began - "Dear friend of mine." He would read them during the lesson, and answer them in terms of the most elaborate politeness - "My slave was honoured by my commands," and so forth; and my crude and uncertain lines became abhorrent to me when I saw him covering his paper with a lovely decorative design of courteous phrases.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1892 and 31 Dec 1892
Country:Persia
Timemorning
Place:city: Tehran
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Listener: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:14 Jul 1868
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:Oxford graduate, later diplomat and archeologist
Religion:Anglican
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Persia
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[untitled Persian letters]
Genre:Education, Letters written as part of Persian composition lessons
Form of Text:Manuscript: Letter, Letters written in Persian as part of Persian composition lessons
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Owned and read in situ (composition lessons)
Source Information:
Record ID:33555
Source:Gertrude Bell
Editor:n/a
Title:Persian Pictures: From the Mountains to the Sea
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:2014
Vol:n/a
Page:89
Additional Comments:
Pagination is to the 2014 IB Tauris edition. The book was first published under the title 'Safar Nameh. Persian Pictures. A Book of Travel' in 1894.
Citation:
Gertrude Bell, Persian Pictures: From the Mountains to the Sea, (London, 2014), p. 89, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33555, accessed: 26 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter writing and reading aloud (all in Persian) took place as part of informal morning Persian lessons with Sheikh Hassan during Bell's stay in Tehran in the spring and summer of 1892. Pagination is to the 2014 I.B. Tauris edition. The book was first published under the title 'Safar Nameh. Persian Pictures. A Book of Travel' in 1894.
