The Afghan Amulet

Travels from the Hindu Kush to Razgrad

Sheila Payne (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

312 Seiten

1995
Penguin Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-14-017930-9 (ISBN)

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Sheila Paine, an embroidery expert, journeyed through Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Kurdistan, the Black Sea coast and Bulgaria in search of an ancient embroidery pattern. Travelling alone, in remote and sometimes dangerous country, she had many extraordinary adventures: she was smuggled out of Afghanistan by a group of Mujahadeen, and concealed under a burka, and travelled through Iran in purdah, looking at the embroideries of the Zorastrians and unexpectedly finding the pattern among a primitive tribe, where women wear red masks. Sheila Paine writes about her adventures and especially about the people.

The quest. Kohistan: Chitral; Kalash; Peshawar; on the road; swat. Indus: the highway; Alai; Indus Kohistan; Dasu; Chilas; Gilgit; Palas; Mohenjo-daro. Makran: the trail; Quetta; Turbat; the villages; Gwadar; the minder; Mand; Christmas. Iran: Zahedan; Chah Bahar; the Zoroastrians; Shiraz; Bandar Abbas; Qeshm; Isfahan; Tabriz; the Kurds. Afghanistan: Quetta again; Kandahar; bus to Kabul; Kabul; Mazar-i Sharif; back to Kabul; Jalalabad; out of Afghanistan. Kurdistan: back to the Kurds; Istanbul; Diyarbakir; Zakho; the aid project; the English teacher; the Yezidis; out of Iraq. The Black Sea: Turkey - Anatolia, Trabzon, tulips and triangles; Bulgaria - Bulgaristan, the Ukrainians, Varna, Razgrad, the end of the trail.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	2.2.1995
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	128 x 198 mm
Gewicht	232 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Handarbeit / Textiles
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Europa
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Naher Osten
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Asien
ISBN-10	0-14-017930-5 / 0140179305
ISBN-13	978-0-14-017930-9 / 9780140179309
Zustand	Neuware