Albert Houtum Schindler : a remarkable polymath in late-Qajar Iran

1. Verfasser: Potts, Daniel T. 1953- , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: [Washington, D.C.] : Mage Publishers, [2023]
Umfang/Format: xvii, 486 pages : Illustrations, maps, 24 cm
Schlagworte:
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Origins & youth (1846-1867)
  • The Indo-European Telegraph Department (1868-1875)
  • The Persian Telegraph (1875-1881)
  • Inspector General of Mines (1882-1884)
  • Naser al-Din Shah's 'Navy' (1885-1887)
  • Overseeing banks and mineral prospection in the interest of British capital (1888-1893)
  • Schindler & Curzon (1890-1894)
  • Second marriage and Eastern Persian Iraq (1894-1897)
  • New responsibilities and final years (1898-1916)
  • Retrospect
  • Appendices