'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.' [620] (715/905)
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ta'ez.
[chap. xxiii.
the ridge of a mountain, with two wheat granaries and a
large karvanserai" called Mendsjea, cut in the rock. Sei-jan
divides the distance between Surredge and Sana, and from
hence the less frequented pilgrims' rout continues along the
eastern side of the chain to Sa'det, a town with kanats and
baths, 1 and proceeds by Sodonan, Tabala, Taraba, and Taif,
to Mekkah.
District of The western route from Aden proceeds by Aias, and thence,
in a north-western direction, by Muawiyah to Ta'ez. This is
a small district, with a considerable town of the same name,
which, according to tradition, was founded by the Ayyubites. 2
It is situated in
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-el-Jend, a cultivated tract, surrounded
by high hills, and has a fine mosque, built by Melik Afdhal,
with a medresseh called Mojahidiyeh, established by Ibn
Mansur, and two others by 'Omar Ben Mansur; one of these,
called Eshrefie, has a library which is said to contain 100,000
volumes. The town is walled, and the strong castle of 'Orus
occupies a high hill a little way to the N.W. 3 The distance
from Ta'ez to Mokha rather exceeds two days, whilst that to
Zebia exceeds three, the road running through a cultivated
country, 4 and passing, about midway, Mushij, or Maushij, a
fine village with a large mosque, and celebrated for many
thickets of yasmin (jessamine), within each of which is a well
District of 0 f p Ure water. 5 The district is called Ossab, of which the
Ossab. r . . . ,
fortress of He'is, situated m a deep ravine, eighteen miles to
the N.N.E. is the capital, and the residence of the sheikh. 6
From the latter place the caravan route proceeds through
Zebid and Be'it-el-Fakih, preserving a north-western direc
tion through Tehameh and along the coast of Mekkah, whilst
the route to San'a proceeds north-eastward over a difficult
country. Sennef, the first mountain village, consists of a col
lection of conical straw huts, in a cultivated country, and in
1 Arabic MS., 7502, in the British Museum.
8 Arabic Geo. MS., translated by Dr. Aloys Sprenger.
3 Arabic MS. of M. de Gayagos, No. 39, British Museum; translated by
Dr. A. Sprenger. Ibid.
s Mr. Cruttenden's Journey, vol. VIIL, p. 269, of the Royal Geographical
Journal. 6 Ibid.
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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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