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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.' [‎130] (161/582)

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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130
VISIT TO THE ANTIQUITIES
Whether this alluded to the source of the river near, as the first
of these writers thought, it is not easy to determine ; but the con
jecture was at least a natural one. The inscription above these
figures, which is said to be in the Sassanian character, I did not
observe, although my hasty glance over all that I saw around me,
would not admit of my saying that no such inscription existed.
The side-walls seemed to me to represent a kind of open
verandah, with one large central and several smaller windows,
through which the figures sculptured there were supposed to be
seen at indefinite distances; for I thought I could trace distinctly
the looping-up of the curtains with cords, to admit the view; and
observe in the open basket-work of the frame of the verandah the
necessary pins and cords for its support.
Upon the side-wall, on the right hand on entering, is the
representation of a chase, as if seen through the large central
window. The principal figure of this picture is on horseback, but
not in the act of pursuit, though a graceful motion is given to the
animal itself. A page holds over him a large umbrella, in the
Indian style, to shelter him from the sun; but the costume either
of the lord or his attendants I do not remember. Below is a herd
of deer, or antelopes, in full flight; some of which are well, and
others badly done. In the smaller compartments are other pic
tures, each distinctly seen through a small side-window of the
verandah; some representing camels, led by halters, and going in
trains up a hilly road; others, I think, elephants, and a profusion
of figures, of which it was impossible for me to retain a distinct
recollection. The sculpture of the whole is in basso-relievo, much
about the same height from the level of the surface as the best
Egyptian sculptures in the caves and temples of that country.
The drawing of some of the figures in motion is better, and others
worse than these; but the attitudes and the finish of the details
o sue as are at rest, are each inferior to the best works on the
banks of the Nile.
The side-wall opposite to this, or on the left when entering, is

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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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