The History of Persia Quotes

“Moreover, although Persians are termed the French of the East, it would be more apt to compare them with the Spaniards, whose customs and whole manner of life are akin to the Persian. This is partly due to similarity in the physical conditions of the two countries. But there is some actual blood connection too ; for the Spaniards are in part descended from Persians who accompanied the Arab conquerors of the Iberian peninsula. These founded a Shiraz in distant Spain, and there made the wine which, as the familiar Sherry, still preserves the Persian name. The”
― P.M. Sykes, The History of Persia

“upon the Median”
― P.M. Sykes, The History of Persia