Albert Houtum Schindler: A Remarkable Polymath in Late-Qajar Iran

by D.T. Potts

Book Overview

Widely regarded in his lifetime as the greatest living authority on all things Iranian, across an enormous range of disciplines, Albert Houtum Schindler lived and worked in Iran from 1868 to 1911. All who either met or corresponded with him came away praising his encyclopaedic knowledge and remarkable insight. A member of numerous learned societies in Europe, he sustained a wide web of intellectual contacts and was insatiably curious...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1949445585
• ISBN13: 9781949445589
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Mage Publishers
• Length: 508 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"