MODERN PERSIA AND ITS CAPITAL 



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MOUNT DEMAYEND HAS SERVED AS A GIGANTIC GUIDE-POST EOR MANY GENERATIONS 



"Its lonely grandeur has gripped the imagination of intrepid adventurers of all ages. Within 

 its shadow a score of great dynasties have risen and fallen" (see text, page 394). 



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Photographs by T\ E. Bird 



ON THE SUMMIT OF MOUNT DEMAVEND, PERSIA'S MOUNT OLYMPUS 



The superintendent of the American school at Teheran is seated in the foreground at 

 the left. He and the author, who made the photograph, are two of the throe Americans who 

 have accomplished the ascent. Mount Demavend is variously estimated at from 18,000 to 

 more than 22,000 feet in height (see text, page 395). 



