Chapter XI of the book "Around the World on a Bicycle: From Teheran to Yokohama," by Thomas Stevens is presented. It highlights the author's travel to Herat, Afghanistan where he was escorted by Kiftan Sahib and Bottle Green. The author discussed his stay in Herat and cited that he was interviewed by the Peshawari gentleman named Mirza Gholam Ahmed. He also stated that Mirza Gholam Ahmed accused him of being a Russian but later believed that he is an English man.
Chapter VII of the book "Around the World on a Bicycle: From Teheran to Yokohama," by Thomas Stevens is presented. It explores the author's travel from Beerjand to the frontier of Afghanistan. He stated that there were Afghans who wore a turban and a kammerbund and Arabs with their peculiar country headdresses in Beerjand. He also mentioned that uniformed officials questioned him in front of the crowd. He started his journey in Beerjand and passed through Ali-abad, Froog and Darmian.
Published
1889
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