Record Number: 33575
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'As we sat waiting for dinner and discussing religion, our first hostile impressions were gradually smoothed away. I recited the opening chapter of the Quran and proved myself less ignorant than had been supposed: a translation of the Lord's Prayer established the essential unity of religion, to the satisfaction even of the thin little Mirza from Medina: and a short discussion on history produced out of the bottom of a chest a Persian translation of Sir John Malcolm's 'History of Persia', which the Agha studies on winter evenings.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1931 and 31 Dec 1931
Country:Persia
Timeevening
night
city: Rud Barak
county: Mazandaran Province
specific address: House of the Kurdish Agha of Rud Barak
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:31 Jan 1893
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Travel writer
Religion:Christian
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:The History of Persia
Genre:History, Persian translation (possibly 1876); first publication in English in 1815
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsPersian translation/ First translation was in 1876
Provenanceread in situ
Owned by the Agha of Rud Barak, Mazandaran, Persia
Source Information:
Record ID:33575
Source:Freya Stark
Editor:n/a
Title:The Valley of the Assassins and other Persian Tales
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1934
Vol:n/a
Page:p.258
Additional Comments:
Pagination is from the 2001 Modern Library edition. The book was first published by John Murray in London in 1934.
Citation:
Freya Stark, The Valley of the Assassins and other Persian Tales, (London, 1934), p. p.258, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33575, accessed: 20 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Dame Freya Madeline Stark, Mrs Perowne, (31 January 1893 – 9 May 1993) was a British explorer and travel writer. Sir John Malcolm's 'The History of Persia' (1815) was first translated into Persian in 1876; Stark (as a fluent reader of Persian) would have been able to read and recognised the title.
