!['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.' [‎140] (195/905)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023550132.0x000001/IOL_1947_C_142_0196.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'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.' [‎140] (195/905)")
'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.' [140] (195/905)
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MANNERS AND GOVERNMENT. [CHAP. VII.
Language.
Manners and
Customs.
Local govern
ment.
The Tartar language 1 prevails, but the Armenian tongue
is likewise common : there is also a dialect composed of these
two. The Hebrew, which is spoken in this country, is much
mixed with the Persian. 2
The people of the plains and towns resemble in character
the Persians; but the mountaineers, or more ancient inhabit
ants, are very different. The descendants of the Tartars are
silent and cautious in their conduct: although hot and vin
dictive, their courage is not of a high order, and they are
deficient in firmness and perseverance. Their chief amuse
ments consist of horse, and gymnastic exercises, in which they
excel; and, unlike other easterns, they take all the laborious
household tasks, leaving to the females needlework and other
light occupations. The softer sex have not, however, been
improved in their morals by thus occupying their proper
position in society; for though modest in outward demeanour,
the women of the mountain districts lead irregular lives. 3
Kuba, Baku, and the other Khanats, are subject to local
princes (mirzas), one of whom is elected supreme governor,
with the title of Shamkhal (Syrian prince). This choice is
determined in a very primitive manner; for the chiefs being
assembled, the priest throws a gilded apple amongst them,
and the individual whom it happens to strike undertakes the
sovereign functions, 4 which he exercises at Tarku, the an
cient seat of government, almost without control. The city
has a population of about 10,000 souls ; but it was much more
important before its destruction by the Russians in 1725.
The whole tract lying between the Caspian Sea and the
rivers Araxes and Iverne, which includes Derbend, Kuba,
Baku and Sheki, formed part of the territory of the Amazons. 5
It likewise constituted that part of the country of the Arii
which touched the Caucasus, and it corresponds to the Media
of Herodotus 6 and Strabo. 7 This name is derived by the
1 This appears to be a mixture of the Turkoman and Persian tongues.—
Aperqu, &c., Tome III., p. 61 to 91.
2 Ibid. 3 Ibid
4 Ogilby's Asia, p. 40. 5 Ibid., p. 49.
6 Lib. I. c. ex. ^ p age 523, ed. Cas. 1620.
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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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