!['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.' [‎65] (96/582)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023554058.0x000001/567.g.5._0098.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.' [‎65] (96/582)")
'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.' [65] (96/582)
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BY THE PASS OF THE ARCH. gg
lan, near the ascent of the Pass of Mount Zagros. This is col
lected from Diodorns Siculus, lib. xvii. cap. 11. Alexander saw
them at Celonas, on his way from Susa and Sittacene to Ecbatana,
after his return from India. Diodorus says, that they had not
altogether forgot their laws, their customs, or their language,
although they had learned those of the natives by intermarrying
This was no more than one hundred and fifty years from the time
of their removal from Greece. #
It has been before remarked that Ghilan is still the name of a
district, and not of a town ; and this district, commencing here at
Bagilan, goes all the way down to the ancient Susiana, to the south
ward. Polybius speaks of the district of Chalonites at the ascent
of Zagros, which is no doubt the same with Ghilan and Celonse .f
Sept. 12th.—We passed an agreeable night at the Khan-
el-Tauk, though .we felt keenly the cold of the open air: but
this change, after the intense heat of Bagdad, was delightful.
We mounted our horses again at day-break, and enjoyed a still
higher pleasure in the fresh breeze of the morning. The situa
tion of the khan in a hollow valley, surrounded on all sides by
steep rocky mountains and smaller wooded hills, offered us a mag
nificent sun-rise view.
We went hence, for nearly two hours, in an east-south-east di
rection, through fine mountain scenery, and woods hemmed in by
steep rocks on all sides. The trees were of many kinds, and all
in full foliage, but the most numerous were those called in Persian
Belloot and Sameel. Springs of water were also abundant, and
on the banks through which they ran, we saw not less than a
hundred of the large and beautiful mountain partridges of the
country. Many syrens, a solitary magpie, and some crested hoo
poes were among the number of the rest, but there was neither
thrush nor lark to cheer us with their morning songs.
After clearing the mountains, we came out on a fine plain
Rennel's Illustrations of Herodotus^ p. 268. f Polybius Hist. lib. v. c. 5.
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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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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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- '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.'
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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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- Buckingham, James Silk
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