Excerpt from Karah Kaplan; Or the Koordish Chief, Vol. 1 of 3: A Tale of Persia and Koordistan One of the first observations likely to be made by any one who takes up this work, on perusing the title page, will be, what is the meaning of Karah Kaplan In anticipation of this question, I have written a few lines con cerning the name I have given to my story. It consists of two Turkish words, Kara/z, black, and Kaplan, a tiger, and is pronounced by laying the accent strongly on the first and last syllables, for instance Karah Kaplan. It is the surname of a Koordish Chief, who plays a most conspicuous part in the narrative. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.