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The Sergeant in Persia and the Persian Lovers
A British sergeant Breckenridge in Shiraz falls for Nissa Khanum, daughter of Syad Mohammed Bagher. After a thwarted elopement plot by Hadji Aga Mohammed, he flees toward the Caspian. He carries a rosebud and a lock of hair, rides through peril, then dies in a London hotel, haunted by the tragedy and drink.
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Nissa
Sergt. Breckenridge
Persia
Nissa Khanum
Syai
Hadji Aga Mohammed
Nissa Khaonum
Aga Badjit
Caspian Sea
Vodki
Russia
London
Fleet Street
Sergi. Brecken