!['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.' [‎285] (316/582)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023554058.0x000001/567.g.5._0318.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.' [‎285] (316/582)")
'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.' [285] (316/582)
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JOURNEY FROM PERSEPOLIS TO SHIRAZ.
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Magi, set fire to the temples of Greece, on the principle that the
universe was the Temple of the Gods, who required not to be
confined within walls (De Leg. 1. 2. and 10.) But though this
might have been done in the career of his expedition against a
distant country, the labours of his predecessors might in the
mean time have been untouched at home.
The period between Xerxes and Alexander, being 130 years,
has been thought too short for such a work as the edifices, subter
ranean passages, tombs, &c. of Persepolis; but if these were the
work of the captive Egyptians sent over by Cambyses, the difficulty
vanishes, and there is then ample time for the whole to have been
completed at the time of the Macedonian conquest of Persia. #
The final ruin and desertion of Persepolis is said not to have
happened till so late as the year 982 of the Christian era—or 372
of the Hejira, in the time of Sumeareh ud Dowla, the unworthy
son of a virtuous and victorious father. Its desolation is now
complete.
At noon I quitted the ruins of Persepolis, with mingled feel
ings of satisfaction and regret. We now went south-west over the
plain, on our way to Zenghoor, which was said to be five fursucks
off, intending to reach there to-night, and make a short stage to
Shiraz to-morrow. The constant impediment of canals, and
their dry beds, occasioned us to wander about for a long time, and
El Assr was passed before we gained the village of Kenarry. Here
we found that the usual road had been closed up by culture
extending across it, and the ground was now covered with ver
dure. We turned therefore for Kooshk, and were so impeded
here, that we did not reach it till near sunset, our horses and our
selves being quite knocked up. As neither shelter nor corn was
to be had at this place, we went north-west about a fursuck, and
found both, in a walled village called Dehbid, where we halted.
* See the xMemoires de 1'Academie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres ; Mfemoire
sur Persepolis, par le Comte Caylus ; Dela Croix's Critical Examination of the Life of Alex-
ander; and the Dabistan, translated from the Persian.
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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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- '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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