Abstract
THIS book is not, as its title might imply, an eschatological treatise, nor is it a work of fiction after the manner of Mr. Rider Haggard. It is simply a plain, straightforward narrative of a journey to the petroleum region of the Caspian, undertaken with a view of investigating what Mr. Marvin terms “the kerosene factor of the Central Asian problem.” It has, however, this connection with eschatology, that the region of which it treats is, or was, holy ground. The peninsula of Apsheron, on which Baku stands, has been famous from time immemorial, and even before the time of Cyrus thousands of the followers of Zoroaster had worshipped on its sacred soil. With the conquest of Persia, first by Heraclius, and twelve years later by the Arabs, the power of the Magi of the Zoroastrian sect was shattered; and the worship of the Eternal Fire in the Surakhani temple for ever passed away, and in its place are now the symbols of a new cult in the shape of greasy derricks and dingy kerosene distilleries.
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