An Iranian in Nineteenth Century Europe: The Travel Diaries of Haj Sayyah 1859-1877

HAJ SAYYAH (1836-1924) catches wanderlust and decides to travel. He sets off west and returns eighteen years later. His wanderings take him throughout all of Europe, America. he is the first Iranian to become an American citizen and the Orient. Later he becomes a major player in the Constitutional Revolution. These diaries recount his European adventures.