!['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.' [‎747] (847/905)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023550132.0x000001/IOL_1947_C_142_0849.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.' [‎747] (847/905)")
'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.' [747] (847/905)
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Arad, Aradus, or Arvad, 451
, island, 647
Arafat, plain of (near Mekkah), 607
Aragavi, valley in Georgia, 156
Araghva, or Arhagus (river of Karte-
linia), 155
'Arair (Aroer), on the river Arnon (southern
limits of El Belka), 515
Araj, affluent of the S6ghanli-su (from the
Kastamunf hills), 321
Arak, a shrub used in the Hijaz for tooth
brushes, 597
Aram (village of Haschid-el-Bekil), 616
Maachah, 522
, also Maachati and Abel Beth
Maachah, westward of Syria of Damas
cus, 540
Naharaim, or Mesopotamia, 540
, or Syria between the rivers, Padan
Aram, or Champagne Syria, 103, 118
, people of, called Syrians, 118
, probable cause why the people were
so called, 118
or Syria, of Damascus, 527
, inhabitants from Ham and Shem, 541
, inundation of, 624
, ruins of two castles built by Solomon
and Balkis, near, 624
Zobah, afterwards Chalybon and
Ghalcis, or Beraea, 435
, of the Pentateuch, possibly Hobah
of Genesis, 540
Aramaic, probably once the language of
Turan, 84
, western, 83
, eastern, 83
, a cognate of the Chaldee, 84
, probably at one time a common lan
guage in I'ran, &c., 84
, Parsi', a cognate of the, 84
, or Syriac, a branch of the Aramean,
spoken by the Philistines, 541
Arapachites (province of Assyria Proper),
120
Ararad, province of Armenia, 102
Ararat, plateau, 3, 65, 96
, two peaks of, 66
, distant appearance of, 67
, the culminating point of the moun
tain system, 67
, part of the plateau of Fran, 97
Aras, river, course of, 3, 9, 137
, bridge, height of, 3 {note)
, valley of the, 67
, bifurcation of the river, 136
, river bounds the land of Cush, 274
Araxa, ruins (in the valley of Xanthus),
341
Araxes, river, 9, 96, 210, 219
, or Erashes, 11
, derivation of the name, 11
, various names of, 11
, junction with the Kur, 11
, basin of the, 67
and land of Cush, 267
> fertility of the valleys of the, 273
Araxes, the principal branch of the Meso-
potamian Khabur, 49
Arayaz, plain, on the Aras river, 274
Arbat, ruins, now Irbid, village (in the
Decapolis,) 513
Arbel, or Arbela (Gobil), a chief town (of
Assyria Proper), 107, 120
Arbeletes, province of Assyria, 120
Arbis, or Arke, river (in Mekran), 185
Arbrea, ancient city (of Persis), 210
Arch of Chosroes, or Tak Kesra, 35
Archilais, now Ak Ser^'i, 290
Architecture of Arabia, 666
Ard, species of white ant (in Tehameh), 612
Ardaghan, chai (in Georgia), 147
Ardebfl. plain and fortress (in Azerbaijan),
86, 219
Ardelan, district and Wall of (in Kurdis
tan,) 120, 215
, mountains of, 60
, water-shed of, 67
Ard-el-Bethmyeh (in Persea), 512
Ardeshir Yadkan, district and products, 256
Ard-es-Saba (land of Sheba) the royal
residence, 624
Ardicoun, plain and town (of Pars), 208
Arecem, the Eekem of the Arabs,.Petra of
the Greeks, and Sela of the Hebrews,
655
Aretas', palace (at Petra), 656
Arghane Maden, town and mines (near the
western source of the Tigris), 13, 14
Arghoun, river (in Kartelenia district),
155
Arghyle, accounts of the effects of the Samm
by the sheikhs of the, 579
Ariani, people (of Iran), 83
'Aridh, or Nedjd el 'Aridh, 630
Ariel, of Moab, or Eabbath Moab (Areo-
polis), now Robba (in Kerak district),
520
Arii, territory of the (near the Caucasus),
140
, people (now called Medes), 141
, ancient people of Media Magna, 218
Arimathea (now Ramleh), 492
Arisban (formerly Eres or Aras), near the"
Caucasus, 141
Aristopholi, people (of Paropamisus), 172
Arizanti, people (of Media Magna), 218
Arjish Tagh, Argaeus, near Kaisariyeh, 4,
289, 347
, height of, 290
Ark (of Tabriz), 220
Arke or Arbis river (of Gedrosia), 185
Armalkhar, or Nahr Malka (Canal of
Mesopotamia) 56
Armanas, in Aleppo, district, 407
, branch, description of, 388, 395
, branch from Mount St. Simeon, or
Sheikh Barakat, 395
Armenia, in general, 95
, its three divisions, 95
Major, limits, &c., 95, 102
Minor, or first, second, and third Ar
menia, 95, 96, 102.
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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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