!['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.' [‎748] (848/905)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023550132.0x000001/IOL_1947_C_142_0850.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.' [‎748] (848/905)")
'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.' [748] (848/905)
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INDEX.
Armenia, contains four districts, 96
, temperature of, 97
, climate of, 97
, grain and fruits of, 97
——, exports of, 98
, mountain scenery, 98
, contribution to Pompey, 98
, manufactures of, 98
, houses and social state of, 99
, towns of, 99
, countries bordering upon, 101
, ancient geography of, 101
—, its advantages, 101
, ancient boundaries and limits, by
Pliny, 101
, divisions of, 101
, well watered, 270
, the traditional site of the Garden of
Eden, 267
, gold in, 277
Armenian character, 99
cities of the first class, 102
gates (near the Issus), 383, 384
Armenians converted to Christianity, 100
subdued by the Babylonians, Assy
rians, Medes, Parthians, &c., 100
, descent of the, 101
, figure, dress, &c., of the, 372
, patriarchal authority among the,
372
, religion of the, 372
, fundamental doctrines of the, 373
in Syria, population of the, 558
Armenius, or Ormenius, Mount, now Durna
Yaila-si (on the borders ofKastamunf),288
Armeno Chalybes, or Cushdim territory
(near the Black Sea), 94
Armotloo, ruins (pashalik of Moola), 341
Armud Bell Tagh and sources of the Kara
gechid-su, 298
Arnon, river (southern border of El Belka),
515, 518
Arpah su (tributary of the Buyuk Men-
dereh), 297
Arpah-chai, or Harpassus, river (tributary
of the Aras), 8, 9, 145,152
Arpah-chai the Great (in Erivan province),
146
Ar Ras, village (on the western Orontes),
394
Arsace (now A'zaz), 422
Arsacia (in Media Magna) 218
Arsoe, ancient people of Arabia Felix, 657
Arsuf, once Apollonia (in Samaria), 490
Arsus, ruins on the western shore (of Issus),
409
Artacana, ancient city, 210
Artacoana, city (probably Herat), 166
Artaxata, first class city (of Armenia), 102
Artaxerxes restores the religion of Zoro
aster, 85
Artemita, a chief town (of Assyria Proper),
120
Artillery, specimen of the earliest kind at
Aleppo, 434
Arts and sciences of the Arabs, 690
Artsak'h, or Arzakh (province of Armenia),
102
Arudh, village (of Dhorra district) of
'Oman, 644
Arul, village (in Aleppo district), 419
Aryn, village in Abybda (district of
Yemen), 615
Arzlin Tagh,(near the valley of Amasiyah),
287
As, Beni, tribe (coast of Belad ser), 646
Asad Toba (Himyaritic king of Yemen),
604
Asas Amir, river (tributary of the Tigris),
25
Ascalon, or Askulan, a satrapy (of the
Philistines), 539
Ascania lake (in Bithynia), 323, 337
Asha, or El Ah'sa, or Lahissa (province of
Arabia), 645
, features and subdivisions of, 650
, breed of horses in, 650
, population of the capital, 650
Ashdod, or Esdud, the Azotus of the Eo-
mans, 492
, (satrapy of the Philistines), 539
'Ashik wa Ma 'shukah, ruins (in Mesopo
tamia), 56
Ashriful Bolaud (now Kandahar), 166
Ashtaroth, or El Mezareib (on the plain of
the Haouran), 511
Ashuck Mashook, ruins (south-eastward of
Aleppo), 415
Ashur, A1 Athur, or Nimrud (below Mo
sul), probably Larissa and Eesen, 21,103,
120
'Asi, Nahr el, springs of the Orontes, 454
Asia, derivation of the name, 284
Minor, gold and silver in, 277
, importance and historical interest,
283
-, ancient remains, 283
, extent and position of, 284, 357
, features of, 284
, mountain chains of, 285
, the Haly's divides, 302
, eastern division of, 302
, great pass into, 352
, Cilician pass, description and length
of, 352 to 354
, soil and surface of, 357
, variety of climate, 357
, natural divisions of, 358
, central part, the Taurus of Strabo,
358
, Black Sea, coast of, 358
, country south of Taurus, climate of,
358
, climate about Tarabuzun, 359
, extreme temperature, and earthquakes,
361, 362
, beasts and birds of, 362
, insects, reptiles, &c., of, 362
-—, minerals of, 363
, trees, shrubs, fruit, grain, &c., 363
, effects of taxes in, 335
, commercial routes and prospects, 364
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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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