"سرد لرحلة إلى موقع مدينة بابل في ١٨١١، طُبعت الآن لأول مرة: مذكرات على الأطلال؛ مع نقوش من الخرائط المدبئية للمؤلف: ملاحظات على طبوغرافية بابل القديمة،بقلم الرائد رينيل؛ في إشارة إلى المذكرات: مذكرات ثانية على الأطلال؛ في إشارة إلى ملاحظات الرائد رينيل: مع سرد لرحلة إلى برسبوليس: طُبعت الآن لأول مرة، مع كتابات مسمارية نسخت في برسبوليس ولم تُنشر من قبل: كتبها الراحل كلوديوس جيمس ريتش، المحترم، المقيم البريطاني السابق لشركة الهند الشرقية في بغداد. حررته أرملته." [‎٢‎٩] (٤٧٤/١٠٤)

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a large tomb of stones, under wliich are said to lie
the bodies of seven of Amran's comrades, who were
all slain on the same occasion.
They believe that Ali himself built this structure.
.The keepei told me that his father wished to make
some alterations in the dome, but that Ali had
appeared to him in a vision, and desired him not to
meddle with what he had himself constructed. I
rode to the highest part of this mound and completed
my sketches.
Although I was pretty certain from the view
which I had of the other bank of the river, that there
could be no ruins on it, I was determined to inspect
it more narrowly myself. I therefore returned home,
and thence rode through the gardens on the west
side of the Euphrates, and came to the Mesjid i
Shems, which is situated among the gardens of the
town, on the outside of the walls. I went into it,
and found it supported by very thick and short pillars,
about ten or twelve feet in girth, from which sprung
arches exactly in the Gothic manner. I was exceed-
ingiy struck by the resemblance. I saw a tomb
railed in with wood, which they told me was the
tomb of Joshua !!! Quitting the Mesjid i Shems,
we rode out along the banks of the river. The
country is perfectly level, except where intersected
by canals, which it is in a very surprising manner.
These might very easily deceive the unpractised eye
into the belief that they were vestiges of walls or
buildings. Here and there the gardens extend along