!['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.' [‎543] (574/582)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023554058.0x000001/567.g.5._0576.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.' [‎543] (574/582)")
'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.' [543] (574/582)
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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INDEX.
543
Koosk Zer, a ruined caravansera, 257
Koramabad, its inhabitants addicted to theft, 178
Koran, stolen from the author, 20
Kotel Dokhter, or the Hill of the Daughter, 321
Kotel Imaum Zade, pass of, 260
Kotel Mader-e-Dokhter, or the Hill of the Mo
ther and Daughter, 259
Kotel-Nal-Shikund, 71
Kuddumgah, village of, 177
Kujurs, a Turkish tribe, 235
Laghere, town of, 458
Langles, the French orientalist, 24, 29
Larack, island of, 489
Lempriere's Classical Dictionary, 523
Linga, a port of the Joassamees, burned, 421
Lion, curious encounter of two young Koords
with one, 56
Locket, Captain, error of, 433
Loor, a tribe of Koords, 257
Lootf Ali Khan, mosque of, at Ispahan, 221
Luft, a port of the Joassamees, 421—taken by
the British, 422
Lyon, Edward, a marine, his death, 533
Maccabees, second book of, 278
M'Cluer, Mr. authority of, 443, 445
Mahee-Dusht, or the yearly birth-giving plain, 71
Maidan Shah, a public square, at Ispahan, 202
Malcolm's History of Persia, 28, 41, 119, 122,
158, 230, 315
Manesty, Mr. an English envoy, 122, 382, 413—
his remonstrance, 414
Marriages of the ancient Persians, 311
Maude, Capt. voyage of, 448, 451
Maxim, Persian, 225
Mayar, village of, 241
Mazeira, Arabs of, 508
island of, 528
Medresse of Ahmed Shah, 225
Khan, or chief College, at Shiraz, 310
Melek Mohammed, a Persian champion, 309
Mendeli, inquiry respecting the town of, 12
Merchandize, duties on, at Bushire, 354
Merdusht, plain of, 264, 265
Mesjed Berdy, village of, 313
Mesjid Shah, or royal mosque, at Ispahan, 221,
224
Milburn's Oriental Commerce, 460, 521, 522
Milton, assertion of, 118,119—his Paradise Lost,
471
Minarets of the mosques at Ispahan, 212
Minawah, town of, 452, 454
Minawi, once a distinct village, 365
Minerva, captured by the Joassamee pirates, 415
Mir Mohammed Hossein, Hadjee, a learned
Moollah, 227
Mirza Hamza, Shah, tomb of, 303
Moayn, village of, 262
Mohammedabad, a ruined village, 179
Mohammed Ali, a Persian boy, account of, 189,
190,205,240
Mohammed Hussein Khan, Governor of Ispa
han, 198,213, 232
Mohammed Kooli Khan, curious story of, 326
Monjella, island of, 437
Monoliths, 272, 273
Monsoon, north-east, 531
Montague, Lady Mary Wortley, opinion of, 84
Moollah, learned, 226
Moosa Baba, fate of, 309
Imaum, 243
Mordecai and Esther, tomb of, 167
Morier's Travels in Persia, 29, 245
Mosques, principal, at Ispahan, 220—Lootf Ali
Khan, 211—Mesjid Shah, ih. —at Shiraz, de
scribed, 290
Mosquitoes, troublesome companions, 54
Mountaineers, of Persia, 321, 322
Mountains, curious question concerning, 56
Muggrib, or sunset, 5, 7
Mujummah Arabs, 17, 18
Muksood Beggy, a small station, 247
Mummies, mention of, in Khorassan, 275
Murray's Historical Account of Discoveries and
Travels in Asia, 209, 273
Muscat, account of the harbour and town of, 505
gulf of, 507—description of the country,
508—revenues of the Imaum, 509—foreign
trade, 510—government, 512—army, 513—
Arabs, ih. —inhabitants, 515—their dress, 516
—foreigners at, 517—buildings, 518—character
of the people, 519—history of, 520
Musjid Jumah, a mosque at Shiraz, 290
Wakeel, 291
Mussunndom, Cape, 501
Mutessellim, present one, at Bushire, 401
Muttrah, town of, 523
Mydan, at Ispahan, described by Sir Thomas
Herbert, 231
Nadir Shah, restores the tomb of Hafiz, 301, 302
Nashirvan, anecdote of, 133
Nautilus engages the Joassamee pirates, 417
Nazar-iareeb, garden of, at Ispahan, 232
Nearchus, voyage of, 364, 429, 436, 438, 445, 468,
469, 491
Neat's Tongue, a portion of the Island of Sal-
sette, 535
Nereid frigate, pursues the Joassamee pirates,
417
Nessereah, particulars relative to them, 63—man
ners and customs of, described, 64
Niebuhr, Mr. 245, 369, 376, 437, 476
Nimrod-Tupp^, tradition relative to, 31
Nisaean horses, particulars respecting the, 14, 45,
164
Nizam-ud-Dowla, of Ispahan, 312
Nour Mohammed, information communicated by,
323, 324
Oom-el-Ghiewan, village of, 478
Ormuz, ruins of, 471—conquest of, by Abbas,
473—Portuguese government of, 521
Orontes, a mountain, 163
Orta-Bir, or half-way well, 7
Orta Khan, or
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
, 8
Oyster Rock, 537
Paintings, beautiful, at Ispahan, 217,229
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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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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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