title: The Persian Garden: Echoes of Paradise
author:  Mehdi Khansari 
description: Mehdi Khansari was born in Tehran and studied photography at the School of Visual Arts in New York. He has coauthored with his wife, Minouch Yavari, Espace Persan (Pierre Mardaga, 1986), a book on traditional architecture in Iran, and The Persian Bazaar: Veiled Space of Desire (Mage, 1994).
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  # A BAZAAR LIFE
  
   _By_ David Alliance
  
  
  _with_ Ivan Fallon
  
  
  _Foreword by_ Peter Mandelson
  
  
  
  
  
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  _To the family, particularly Alma_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # CONTENTS
  
  
  
  
  
  _[Title Page](part0000.html#BookTitlePage1)_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _[Dedication](part0001.html#Dedication1)_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _[Foreword ](part0003.html#Foreword1)_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _[Preface ](part0004.html#p31)_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1: Kashan ](part0005_split_000.html#p59)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2: A Persian Childhood ](part0006_split_000.html#p102)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3: The Bazaar ](part0007_split_000.html#p151)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 4: Manchester ](part0008_split_000.html#p206)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 5: Thomas Hoghton ](part0009_split_000.html#p312)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 6: Trouble at t’Mill ](part0010_split_000.html#p360)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 7: Building a Business ](part0011_split_000.html#p394)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 8: My Father ](part0012_split_000.html#p491)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 9: Jack Menaged ](part0013_split_000.html#p548)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  