!['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.' [‎744] (844/905)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023550132.0x000001/IOL_1947_C_142_0846.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.' [‎744] (844/905)")
'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.' [744] (844/905)
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INDEX.
Amorites, valley of the (now Mojeb), 518
Amotloo, plain (in Moola pashalik), 340
' Amran, forest (on the Upper Euphrates), 48
, town and mount (in San'a district),
616 , . •
Amri, El, range, and troglodyte habitations
(in Aleppo district), 413
Anabad, group (in Taurus Proper), 300
Anadoli, vezirate, limits of, 309, 344
Hisar, Asiatic castle of (on the Bos-
phorus), 325, 326
Serai, or Asiatic palace, 326
, Velessi, 380
Anaffje, tribe (in Khuzistan), 251
Anah, ancient Anatho (on the Upper Eu
phrates), description of, 53
——, subject to Baghdad, 107, 110, 111
, effects of the climate on the date tree,
106
Anakites (in Persea), 539
Anamis or Harmozia, river, now the Min
now or Mina-ab (in Moghostan), 227
Ananias' house (in Damascus), 531
Ananour, town (in Duchet district), 157
Anarah-rud, fastness, and source of the 'Abi-
zal (in Luristan), 195
Anar-darrah, town (on the Farr-ar-riid
river), 164
Anbar, ruins (on the Upper Euphrates), 55
Anchere, village (in El Ledja), 505
Ancyra, now Angora, 331
Androna, now Belad Khan-Azra (in Aleppo
district), 415
Anegley, El, village in El Afladj (district of
Nedjd), 633
Angame, ancient city (of Lydia), 311
Angora, city, once Ancyra of Phrygia, de
scription of, 331
sH, 296
Anguli-Tagh, a branch of the Lelin Tagh
(Aleppo pashalik), 407
A'm, ancient capital of Armenia, 102
Anizeh, town of Nedjd, description of, (529
, centre of commerce, 629
, caravan routes from, 629, 634
Arabs, 511, 596, 686
Ansari or Nosairi range (eastern side of
Tripoli district), 387
Ansarians of Nabulus, origin of, 542
Ansaries (or Anzeyrys), people, 437, 468
, tenets of the, 542
, population of, 558
Antakf (Cyzicus), in Bfghah, 315
Antartous or Tartous (Tortosa in Tripoli
district), description of, 451
Anti-Lebanon, range and water-shed, 389
, prolongation of, description of the, 393
Antioch, bay of, 410
city, ancient Riblatha and Hamath the
great, 424
, remains and excavations, 425
, walls and acropolis, 426
, skill of the Roman architects, 426
modem, description, 427
, population of, 428
Antiochia ad Taurum, probably 'Ain-tab,
350
Antiochia (of Margiana), once Alexandria,
and then Seleucia, 173
, supposed to be Mero and Merw-el-
Rud, 173
Anti-Taurus, abutments of, 4
, and source of the Frat, 41
, the Frat breaks through it, 42
, two parallel branches, and description
of, 68
, its peaks and separation, 68
runs into Asia Minor, 69
of Strabo and Pliny, 69
, geology, &c., of, 69, 390
, separates Armenia from Mesopotamia,
69
, southern chain, 68
•, the most elevated peak, 68
, curves northward, 71
and Taurus, ridges of the, 72
, or mountains of the Moschi, 285
, distinguished from the Taurus, 285
, at Acampsis valley, 285
, direction of the, 285
, description of, 286
, chain along the Black Sea, 287
, principal branch, 292
Aoorez wells, in El Woschem (district of
Nedjd), 629
Apamea, ancient Myrlsea, now Moudania,
324
Cibotis, now Dineir (in Hamid dis
trict), 337
Apollonia or Arsuf, ruins on the coast north
of Joppa, 490
Apollonia, now Olou Bdrlu (in Hamfd dis
trict), 337
Apolloniatis, province of Assyria, 120
Apollonis (in Lydia), 311
Apsheron, peninsula of (in Daghestan),
130, 132
, salt formation of, 132
Arab, person of the, 667
, dress of the Bedawin, 668
, weapons and armour, 669, 670
-—■, cleanliness, politeness, and gravity of
the, 670
—— government patriarchal, 674
, remarkable trait of the, instanced by
Burckhardt, 699
Baba, 291
Arab's politeness, sobriety, and sociabi
lity, 698
indifference to religion, 699
respect for females, 699
fidelity tested during the British ex
pedition, 700
'Arab Kir, or Arab Keil, once Arabraces,
town and valley (in Sivas district), 272,
306
Arabah,
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
(north of the gulf of'Aka-
bah), 403
Arabia, a continuation of Syria, 559
, position and extent, 559
, a peninsula but little known, 560
peninsula, a field for exploration, 560
, mountains of, 561
, great chain of Arabia to Medina, 563
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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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