'The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.' [74] (121/905)
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NORTHERN RANGE OF IRAN.
[CHAP. IV.
this pass, taking the name of Elburz, it runs S.S.E., along
the remainder of Ghilan and the province of Mazanderan,
following the Caspian with its concave side as far as the
mountain of Damavend, the crater-shaped summit of which
is 14,700 feet above the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. 1 From this point to
the mountain pass of Bestam, S.S.E. of Aster-abad, the direc
tion of the chain is a little east of south; its width, including
the hills on each side, is 50 or 60 miles; and its elevation
approaches occasionally to 8000 feet.
A little to the eastward of the pass the main branch curves
to the N.E., and again about as far to the S.W., towards
Mushed, nearly in the same latitude as the pass. Near the
southern side of the holy city of the Shi'ahs the mountains
of Khorasan take an east-south-easterly direction, and thus
they continue till they are interrupted by the valley of Herat,
having on each side numerous ridges rising about 1000 feet
from the plain. 2 One of these runs from the main chain
near Sherif-abad to the southward of Herat, whilst the ridge
itself inclines towards the northern side of that city, at an
elevation of about 3000 feet from the plain. Beyond the
break just mentioned it bears the name of the Ghur moun
tains, or ancient Parapamisus, and its direction is nearly
east ; but afterwards it becomes the Hindu Kush, or Indian
Caucasus: it skirts the northern side of Kabul, and, near the
eastern frontier, it is lost in the stupendous Himalaya, after
having formed an almost unbroken range to an extent of 25°
from the banks of the Araxes to the vicinity of Attock.
The geological structure of the great mountain-chains has
been already slightly noticed; that of the intervening space
remains to be glanced at. In most places the surface is
largely impregnated with salt and saltpetre, which prevail to
some extent on the plains of Fars and the conterminous
provinces of 'Irak and Kirman. Between Abu-Shehr and
Dalaki, crystallized sulphate of lime is found; and, a little
westward (in Khuzistan), an abundant supply of sulphur;
1 Mr. Thomson's Ascent of Mount Datndyend : Journal of the Royal
Geographical Society, Vol. VIII. Part I., p. 112.
2 Conolly's Overland Journey, Vol. I., p. 211.
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The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.
Publication Details: London : Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1850 Printed by W. Clowes and sons, Stamford Street.
Notes: Printer's name from colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. . Only two volumes of text and an atlas containing the maps were published.
Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Physical Description: xxvii, [3], 799, [1] p., [29] leaves of plates (1 folded), (the plates are numbered: 1, 3-9, 11-26, 28, 33, 37, 39, 42-43). Vol. 1, p. 705-706 and p. 707-708 are fold-out leaves.
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- 'The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.'
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- front, back, spine, head, edge, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:30, 1:8, 8a, 8a, 9:34, 34a:34b, 35:48, 48a:48b, 49:92, 92a:92b, 93:114, 114a:114b, 115:116, 116a:116b, 117:138, 138a:138b, 139:189, 188:198, 198a:198b, 199:208, 208a:208b, 209:212, 212a:212b, 213:230, 230a:230b, 231:266, 266a:266b, 267:310, 310a:310b, 311:324, 324a:324b, 325:336, 336a:336b, 337:350, 350a:350b, 351:368, 368a:368b, 369:392, 392a:392b, 393:406, 406a:406b, 407:426, 426a:426b, 427:432, 432a:432b, 433:470, 470a:470b, 471:490, 490a:490b, 491:526, 526a:526b, 527:596, 596a:596b, 597:616, 616a:616b, 617:622, 622a:622b, 623:636, 636a:636b, 637:704, 704a, 705, 705, 707:802, iii-r:iii-v, back-i
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- Chesney, Francis Rawdon
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