﻿MODERN 
  LIFE 
  IN 
  THE 
  CRADLE 
  OF 
  CIVILIZATION 
  

  

  A 
  YOUNG 
  PERSIAN 
  PILGRIM 
  AT 
  KAZIMAIN 
  

  

  The 
  resplendent 
  tiled 
  facades 
  of 
  the 
  tomb-mosques 
  of 
  Kazimain 
  and 
  those 
  at 
  Samarra 
  and 
  Kerbela 
  Nejef 
  attract 
  

   pious 
  pilgrims 
  of 
  the 
  Shia 
  sect 
  to 
  which 
  many 
  Persians 
  belong. 
  

  

  XIII 
  

  

  