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Right to passage : travels through India, Pakistan and Iran

"In 2011, Zeeshan Khan decided to travel from Dhaka via India and Pakistan to Iran and on to Europe. This book traces his journey till he left the borders of Iran, a distance he completed in about 60 days. For Khan the journey was about travelling along a historical route steeped in cultures, l...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Khan, Zeeshan
Format: Printed Book
Published: New Delhi Sage 2016
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • I. Mohabharot
  • Full chakra : Patna, Bodh Gaya
  • East is east : Rajgir, Nalanda, back to Patna
  • Golden temples, iron walls : Delhi, Amritsar, Harmandir Sahib and the Sikhs, Wagah and entering Pakistan, back to Delhi
  • The shoulders of giants : Lahore, Taxila
  • Crosshairs across worlds : back in Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar, Multan, Quetta
  • II. Iranzamin
  • New familiar faces : Quetta Airport, Zahedan to Kerman, Rayen, Mashhad
  • Nothing in my cloak but God : Neyshabur, Tus
  • Rise and rise again : Yazd, Esfahan, Kashan
  • A gate for all nations : Shiraz, Takht-e Jamshid
  • Never too old : Ahvaz, Chogha Zanbil, Shush, Tehran, Tabriz
  • About the author.