!['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.' [‎419] (450/582)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023554058.0x000001/567.g.5._0452.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.' [‎419] (450/582)")
'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.' [419] (450/582)
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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HISTORY OF THE JOASSAMEE PIRATES.
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At a period long previous to this, she had been condemned as
unfit for service, and lay for nearly three years moored off the
entrance to Tannah river, or the strait which separates the Island
of Salsette from the Mahratta coast, as a floating battery. From
thence she had been removed to the lower part of Bombay har
bour, and moored at the Sunken rock as a buoy. Yet, on the
fitting out of this expedition for the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, she was
thought fit not merely to cross the Arabian Sea, but to be deeply
laden with bombs and. shells, the heaviest and most difficult
cargo to be borne by any vessel, and requiring a frame of more
than ordinary strength to support. The consequence of this
injudicious, not to say blind and ignorant selection, was the loss
of the only bomb-vessel, in a fleet destined for bombarding, with
the lives of two valuable officers, and a portion of the crew on
board her.
The voyage was still continued, and after a long passage the
expedition reached Muscat, where it remained for many days
to refresh and arrange their future plans; giving thus, at the
same time, sufficient advice of their approach to their enemies,
and ample time for them to prepare for their reception. The
fleet at length sailed, and soon after reached Ras-el-Khyma, the
chief port of the pirates within the Gulf Here the squadron
anchored abreast of the town, and the troops were landed under
cover of the ships and boats. The inhabitants of the town
assembled in crowds to repel their invaders; but the firm line,
the regular volleys, and the steady charge of the troops at the
point of the bayonet, overcame every obstacle, and multiplied the
heaps of the slain. A general conflagration was then ordered, and
a general plunder permitted to the troops. The town was set on
fire in all parts, and about sixty sail of boats and dows, with the
Minerva, a ship which they had taken from the English, then
lying in the roads, were all burnt and destroyed.
The complete conquest of the place was thus effected with
very trifling loss on the part of the besiegers, and some plunder
8 H 2
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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
- Author
- Buckingham, James Silk
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