!['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.' [‎478] (509/582)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023554058.0x000001/567.g.5._0511.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.' [‎478] (509/582)")
'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.' [478] (509/582)
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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progress to ras-el-khyma.
subsist on the scanty supply of bitter and thorny plants scattered
over these desert regions; and that this water is of so brackish
and repulsive a taste, as to be drinkable only in moments of ex
treme thirst. All these people are Mohammedans, of the Wahabee
sect, enthusiastically devoted to their religion, and ready, on all
occasions, to array themselves in battle against its enemies.
From Eiman, north-eastward, in the line of the coast, and dis
tant about two hours' sail, or about ten miles, is Oom-el-Ghiewan,
which we just discovered at sun-rise, and stood in for it on an east-
north-east course. In running towards Oom-el-Ghiewan, we had
a clear soft bottom, and regular
soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
, shoaling from twelve
fathoms at seven miles off, to seven fathoms within three miles of
the shore. The coast itself presented a line of white sandy beach,
with date-groves on the plain; and at the distance of twenty to
forty miles within this, rose a ridge of lofty and broken hills, run
ning almost north and south in the direction of the shore.
A large fleet of boats, to the number of more than twenty sail,
were seen standing after us astern, probably bound either to Ras-
el-Khyma, or some other port along-shore; but as we carried all
sail, we soon lost sight of them. Other smaller rowing-boats pulled
off from different parts of the coast, as if to speak with us; but
these also, for the same reasons, were unable to come within hail.
At nine p.m . we had approached within three miles of the shore,
and were then nearly abreast of Oom-el-Ghiewan, having it to bear
south-east on our starboard bow, as we now steered north-east
along the line of coast itself. The appearance of this place was
that of a square enclosure, forming a walled village, as the dwell
ings within it were visible ; a number of circular towers at unequal
distances along the beach, and fragments of a former connecting
wall; with detached houses and scattered huts, mingled with clus
ters of date-trees. On one of the round towers a flag-staff was
seen, on which the Arab colours were displayed for a short while,
and then hauled down again. We noticed also three large boats
at anchor in a creek or back-water to the north-east, their masts
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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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