A Journal of Two Years' Travel in Persia Ceylon, Etc, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A Journal of Two Years' Travel in Persia Ceylon, Etc, Vol. 2 of 2As regards the beautiful and stately remains, now commonly called the talchti jemslzeed (j em sheed's throne), clzilzl mmc'lr (forty columns) or lstakhar*, the various speculations of antiquaries have attained no conclusion, save that these are the relics of some great building, either a royal palace or a temple of religious worship, or pro bably a combination of both, which stood con spicuous in the great city of Persepolis, which city has now been swept away by the hand of time. Whether this was the palace which Alex ander the Great burnt in a drunken frolic, at the instigation of a vile courtesan, is a matter in volved in doubt Modern Persian historians assert that it was destroyed by the Moslem con querors of this country, and the assertion is probably true. The very name has been lost, for the appellation of Persepolis is evidently of Greek invention, and the other titles by which it is now known, are unquestionably modern.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.