What a romantic name is "Persia"! To the Victorian traveler, Persia was a land of exotic mystery, strange customs, and marvelous art. It was a land rarely visited by Victorian travelers - and of course it's even less visited today under its current name of Iran!

Our Journey to Persia (Girl's Own Paper, 1883)

The City of Teheran, by S.G.W. Benjamin (Century Magazine, 1886A)

Mountaineering in Persia, by S.G.W. Benjamin (Century Magazine, 1886A)

A Glance at the Arts of Persia, by S.G.W. Benjamin (Century Magazine, 1886B)

New Year's Day in a Persian Village, by J. Theodore Bent (English Illustrated Magazine, 1890A)

Overland from India, by Sir Donald MacKenzie Wallace (English Illustrated Magazine, 1890A)

Traveling overland and by water from Bombay to Tehran, and finally to the Transcaspian Railway.

Persian Sketches (Girl's Own Paper, 1890, 1891)

See also

• The Middle East

• Egypt

• Morocco, Algeria & Tunis

• Turkey

• "The Holy Land"