!['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.' [‎496] (527/582)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023554058.0x000001/567.g.5._0529.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.' [‎496] (527/582)")
'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.' [496] (527/582)
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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496
COMMENCEMENT OF HOSTILITIES.
Mussunndom at the same time ; but these escaped by keeping
still closer along-shore, and at length passing over the bar and
getting into the creek or back-water behind the town.
The squadron continued to stand on in a right line towards
the four anchored dows, gradually shoaling from the depth of our
anchorage to two and a-half fathoms, where stream anchors were
dropped under-foot, with springs on the cables, so that each vessel
lay with her broadside directly facing the shore. A fire was now
opened from all in succession, the Vestal having discharged the first
gun, and these were all directed to the four dows anchored close
in-shore. These boats were full of men, brandishing their wea
pons in the air, their whole number exceeding probably six hun
dred persons. Some of the shot from the few long guns of the
squadron reached the shore, and were buried in the sand ; others
fell across the bows and near the hulls of the dows to which they
were directed; but the carronades all fell short, as we were then
fully a mile from the beach. The master of the Challenger was
now sent with a boat to sound, in order to ascertain if it were
practicable at that time of tide to approach any nearer to the
enemy; but he found the bank of ten feet to be only a few yards
within the ship, which drew fourteen. The Vestal and Ariel,
however, dropped to within six inches of their own draught of
water; and in the Mercury we had not a foot to spare; yet, even
with the risk of grounding, our fire was ineffectual; and out of at
least three hundred shot that were discharged from the squadron
jointly, not one of them seemed to have done any execution.
The fire was returned from the dows with as little success, all
their shot falling short; but two of the forts, after some time
passed in preparation, at length opened on us, and their fire
was much more ably directed than even ours had been: none
of their shot fell far from us ; and one of them carried away the
Vestal's fore-shrouds in its passage, and then dropped under the
weather-bow.
The Arab colours were displayed on all the forts; crowds of
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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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