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Four Months in Persia and a Visit to Trans-Caspia is a compilation of articles that originally appeared in various newspapers and journals in India and the United Kingdom. The author, Cuthbert Edward Biddulph, was an official in the Indian Civil Service who specialized in Central Asian and Afghan affairs. The articles are based on travels that Biddulph undertook in 1890 and 1891. The first and longer part of the book concerns a four-month journey via the Orient Express to Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) and from there to Baku (in present-day Azerbaijan ...