A description of Romania and Bulgaria from the travelogue of Haji Pirzada Naeini

Jelena Radosavljević

doi:10.7251/SIN2402001R

Jelena Radosavljević Institute of History, Belgrade, Serbia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7251/SIN2402001R

Keywords: Haji Pirzada Naeini, travelogue, 1887, Kingdom of Romania, Principality of Bulgaria, Persia

Abstract

This work provides an analysis of the “Safarnameh” written by the Persian traveler Haji Pirzada Naeini in 1887. The focus of this paper was specifically on those segments which detail his passage through Romania and Bulgaria, through the cities of Bucharest, Giurgiu, Ruse and Varna. In his travelogue he provides interesting descriptions of these settlements, as well as giving information on presence of Persian citizens in these areas during the second half of the 19th century.

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