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'Travels from India to England : comprehending a visit to the Burman Empire, and a journey through Persia, Asia Minor, European Turkey, &c., in the years 1825-26, by James Edward Alexander' [‎135] (196/412)

The record is made up of 1 volume (316 pages). It was created in 1866. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.

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PERSIA.
135
CHAPTER VL
Zergoon Bund Emir Ruins of Persepolis Sculptures Futteabad
Mayen Imaum Zada Ismael Oojan Aspas. Kiosk-ki-zurd Dey-
gurdoo Yezdikhurst Muksoodbeggee Pigeons Ghomesha Mayar
Ispahanek.
On the 27th June we marched from Shiraz for Zergoon, distant
sixteen miles : the road was a very bad one, and Zergoon an insig
nificant place. Fevers now began to appear in camp ; they were of
an intermittent character, and prevailed chiefly amongst the Indians.
The appearance of the camp was very respectable ; besides ten large
tents, there were a great number of small ones for servants and
followers. The Envoy had five hundred mules; and the whole
number of horses and mules was a thousand.
Next day we marched to Bund Emir, distant sixteen miles. I
cannot refrain from inserting the following beautiful lines on the
Bund Emir in Lalla Rookh :
There's a bower of roses by Bund Emir's stream,
And the nightingale sings round it all the day long;
In the time of my childhood 'twas like a sweet dream,
To sit in the roses and hear the bird's song.
That bower and its music I never forget,
But oft, when alone in the bloom of the year,
I think, is the nightingale singing there yet ?
Are the roses still bright by the calm Bund Emir ?
We neither saw rose-bowers, nor heard the soft warbling of the
bulbul.

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Travels from India to England : comprehending a visit to the Burman Empire, and a journey through Persia, Asia Minor, European Turkey, &c., in the years 1825-26, by James Edward Alexander.

Publication Details: London : Parbury, Allen & Co., 1827.

Ownership: With stamps of the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Library.

There are numerous illustrations, maps and plates.

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1 volume (316 pages)
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There is a table of content at the beginning of the volume, detailing the arrangement of contents and page references and illustrations (pages xi-xvi).

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Dimensions: 270 mm x 220 mm.

Pagination: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-xv); (1-301).

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