!['Travels in Assyria, Media, and Persia, including a journey from Bagdad by Mount Zagros, to Hamadan, the ancient Ecbatana, researches in Ispahan and the ruins of Persepolis, and journey from thence by Shiraz and Shapoor to the sea-shore. Description of Bussorah, Bushire, Bahrein, Ormuz, and Muscat, narrative of an expedition against the pirates of the Persian Gulf, with illustrations of the voyage of Nearchus, and passage by the Arabian Sea to Bombay.' [‎542] (573/582)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023554058.0x000001/567.g.5._0575.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'Travels in Assyria, Media, and Persia, including a journey from Bagdad by Mount Zagros, to Hamadan, the ancient Ecbatana, researches in Ispahan and the ruins of Persepolis, and journey from thence by Shiraz and Shapoor to the sea-shore. Description of Bussorah, Bushire, Bahrein, Ormuz, and Muscat, narrative of an expedition against the pirates of the Persian Gulf, with illustrations of the voyage of Nearchus, and passage by the Arabian Sea to Bombay.' [‎542] (573/582)")
'Travels in Assyria, Media, and Persia, including a journey from Bagdad by Mount Zagros, to Hamadan, the ancient Ecbatana, researches in Ispahan and the ruins of Persepolis, and journey from thence by Shiraz and Shapoor to the sea-shore. Description of Bussorah, Bushire, Bahrein, Ormuz, and Muscat, narrative of an expedition against the pirates of the Persian Gulf, with illustrations of the voyage of Nearchus, and passage by the Arabian Sea to Bombay.' [542] (573/582)
The record is made up of 1 volume (545 pages). It was created in 1829. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.
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542
INDEX.
Hhasseeni, Cape, supposed to be Cape Tarsia
of Arrian, 444
Hinej Dr. information communicated by, 50
Dr. 79
Hingham, or Anjar, island of, 49
Holwan, supposed site of, 32
Horsburgh's Sailing Directions, 460
Horses, Arabian, their extraordinary endurance of
fatigue, 17—exportation of, at Bushire, 384—
mode of conveying to India, 386
Hospitality of the Arabs, 397
Hufta, village of, 177
Hyde, Dr. supposition of, 128
Icarus, of Arrian, 465
Imam Zade, village of, 155, 261
Imaum of Muscat, 423—revenues of, 509—his go
vernment, 512—army of, 513
India, conveyance of horses from Bushire to,
386
Indians of Bussorah, 379
Inscription, Persian, 142
Ismael, Hadjee, an Afghan Dervish, accompanies
the author to India, 2—teaches him Arabic, 20
—his dissimulation, 48—visits his friends at
Kermanshah, 76—character of, 77—particulars
relative to his family, ib —his attainments, 78—
his talent as an engraver, ib. —how he became
acquainted with Mr. Buckingham, 79—his pain
ful parting with his friends, 81—loses his purse,
papers, &c. 82—his religious opinions, 83—dis
appointment, 116—his illness, 185—favourite
maxim of, 225—meets with an acquaintance at
Ariiineenabad, 248—his apprehensions, 315—
leaves Mr. Buckingham to return to Bagdad, 345
Ispahan, route to, from Goolpyegan, by Rhamat-
abad, Dehuck and Chal-Seah, 184—outskirts of,
192—supposition respecting, 200—Gajjong, ib.
—Yahoudia, 201—Jews of, 202—Maidan Shah,
il>. —Julfa,206,207—mosques and minarets, 212
—governor of, 213—palace of the Chehel Sitoon,
216—the Royal Harem, 217—principal mosques
and colleges of the city, 220—Lootf Ali Khan,
221—the Mesjid Shah, or royal mosque, ib.—
Medresse of Ahmed Shah, 226—palace of Talar
Tuweelah, 228—Sir Thomas Herbert's account
of the city, 231—its situation, 235—Ali Kaupee,
or Ali'sGate,236—the Maidan Shah, ib. —ridge
of hills near, 240
Istakhr, or Istakel, castle of, 277
Jaffier Ali Khan, 287, 288, 306, 313, 323
Jebel-el-Shahraban, a ridge of hills, 15
Jemsheed, portraits of, 234
Jengiz Khan, a descendant of, 307
Jews, supposed to have been carried to Ispahan,
200
of Bussorah, 374
Jeziret-el-Hamra, town of, 479
Joassamee pirates, attack and plunder a French
vessel, 381—history of them, 404—capture the
crew of the Fly, 410—also two English brigs, 413
—attack the Fury, 414—the Mornington, Teign-
mouth and Minerva, 415—the Sylph, 416—the
Nautilus, 417—expedition against, 418—treaty
with the, 424—daring proceedings of, 426
—population and military force, 484—nego
tiations with the, 487, 495—renewed hostilities
with, 496
John the Baptist, history of, 377
Jones, Sir Harford, his mission, 416—conjecture
of, 430—allusion to, 468
, Sir William, authority of, 161
Joomah, an Arab pilot, 466
Jukes, Dr. of the Bombay army, 122
Julfa, quarter of, at Ispahan, 206, 207—principal
church of, 208
Jumaeen, island of, 449
Kaeese, account of the island of, 445
Kalajek, village of, 172
Kalayat, town of, 529
Kara Soo, stream of the, 117—supposed to be the
Choaspes of antiquity, 118, 136—excellence of
its water, 190
Karmanians, manners of the, 447
Kassr Shirine, ruins of, 37,38—modern town of, 40
Kauzeroon, route from Shiraz to, 313—account
of the town, 322—baths of, 324—governor of,
326—situation, 329—population, 330
Kazim Khan, governor of Kauzeroon, 326, 329
Kengawar, town of, described, 150
Kenn, island of, 409, 411
Kerdakhourd, village of, 172—its situation, 173
Kermanshah, one of the frontier towns of Persia, 73
—description of, 98—gates,100—population, 101
—mosques, 105—baths, ib. —bazaars, 109—
manufactories, 110—provisions and fruits, ib-
—dress of the inhabitants. 111—horse-market,
112
Kerrund, account of the town of, 66
Kesrabad, or Dastagherd, departure of the au
thor for and his route across the Diala, 1—ac
count of the town, 18—remarkable ruins near,
21—situation of, 25, 27—route from, to Arte-
mita, 30
Khakree, village of, 155
Khallah Dokhter, castle of, 332
Khallet Zenjey, village, of, 66
Khan-e-Keen, account of the town of, 32, 33—
supposed to be the site of the city of Artemita,
35
Khan-el-Tauk, 65
Kherdoo, village of, 174
Khomein, account of, 179, 180
Khore Abdallah, 393, 394
Khore Zeana, conjecture respecting, 429
Khosrou, 120, 123, 129, 133
Kinnier, Colonel Macdonald,152—his Geogra
phical Memoir of the Persian Empire, 134
Map of Persia, 36, 41, 465
Kishma, island of, 488, 492
Komeshae, town of, described, 245—mendicants
in, 246—environs of, 247
Komeshah, river, 146
Kooh Alwend, range of, 169
Kooli Khan, Imaum, 326
Koords, account of the, 46, 49—intrepid con
duct of two, 56—appear to be of Tartar origin,
63
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Travels in Assyria, Media, and Persia, including a journey from Bagdad by Mount Zagros, to Hamadan, the ancient Ecbatana, researches in Ispahan and the ruins of Persepolis, and journey from thence by Shiraz and Shapoor to the sea-shore. Description of Bussorah, Bushire, Bahrein, Ormuz, and Muscat, narrative of an expedition against the pirates of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , with illustrations of the voyage of Nearchus, and passage by the Arabian Sea to Bombay.
The book is written by James Silk Buckingham and contains illustrations and a map at the beginning, entitled "General map of Persia, with the routes pursued by Mr Buckingham in his travels from Bagdad across the mountains of Zagros, through Assyria, Media & Persia, incuding the chief positions of all the ancient cities & modern towns, from the banks of the Tigris to the shores of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. " and signed "Sidy. Hall, sculpt."
Buckingham is identified on title page as "author of Travels in Palestine and the countries east of the Jordan; Travels among the Arab tribes; and Travels in Mesopotamia; member of the Literary Societies of Bombay and Madras, and of the Asiatic Society of Bengal." Name of manufacturer from p. ii. Portrait of the author signed as follows: "Drawn and Etched by W.H. Brooke, A.R.H.A." and "Aquatinted by R. Havell Jnr." Dedication to Sir Charles Forbes on p. v. Vignette on p. 545. With publication announcement of the second edition of Buckingham's Travels in Mesopotamia on last unnumbered page.
Publication Details: London : Henry Colburn, New Burlington Street, 1829. Printed by S. and R. Bentley, Dorset Street, Fleet Street.
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- 1 volume (545 pages)
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There is a table of contents at the beginning (vii-xvi) and an index at the end of the volume (539-545).
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Dimensions: 283 mm x 220 mm.
Pagination: xvi, 545, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded).
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iii-v, 1:18, 1:546, iv-r:v-v, back-i
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