!['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.' [‎544] (575/582)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023554058.0x000001/567.g.5._0577.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.' [‎544] (575/582)")
'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.' [544] (575/582)
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544
INDEX.
Palace of the Chehel Sitoon, at Ispahan, 216
Pars, caravan from, laden with grain, 246
Paste, curious, 108
Pearl-fishery, of Bahrein, 454
Pearl-shoals of his Majesty's sloop Scorpion, 439
Pearls, supposed formation of, 458
Peerazunn, or the old woman, mountain of, 319
Persepolis, account of the ruins of, 269—the city
destroyed by Alexander, 277—ruined temple
at, 279—castle of, 280—various conjectures
respecting, 282—desolation of, 285
Persia and India, trade between, 352
Persian Baths, described, 105, 106
dishes, 304
Gulf, account of, 360—infested by the
Joassamee pirates, 404
inscription, 142
• Kings, partial to the water of the Choaspes,
118—ancient tombs of, 266
Pilgrims, depart from Bagdad, 2—their
miserable appearance, 5—dress of the women, 6
Soldiers, parties of, 242, 252, 258
verse, interpreted, 241
wrestling, 308
Persians, attitudes of the, 214—dress, tb - —wor
ship of the, 223—funeral ceremonies of the,
239—marriages of the ancient, 311
Pirate chief, interview with a, 482—reply of,
495
Pliny, 118—stone described by, 516
Plutarch's Life of Alexander, 163
Porter, Sir R. K. his Travels in Persia, 167
Portuguese, expelled from Ormuz, 473
Proverb, Persian, 156
Publican, parable of the, 223
Pylora Islands, 468, 469
Quintus Curtius, 277
Quoins, Islands, 501
Rah-dan, a small tower, 320
Rabmah-ben-Jaber, an Arab pirate, 35
Ramms, town of, 486
Ras-el-Had, Cape of, 527
Ras-el-Khyma, a port of the Joassamees, de
stroyed, 419, 427—visit to, 476—account of, 480
—situation of, 483—mountains near, 485—an
chorage of, ih
Ras-Nabend, supposed to be the place of the river
Bagrada, of Ptolemy, 441
Raynal, Abb£, 521
Rennel, Major, supposition of, 200
Illustrations of the Geography of
Herodotus, extracts from, 13, 27, 64, 213
Rezah, Shah, sepulchre of, 243
Rich, Mr. the British Consul at Bagdad, 1, 79,
98, 199
Richardson's Arabic dictionary, quoted, 365
Robbers, capture of a party of, 259
Rooke's Arrian, extracts from, 282, 284
Rosseau, M. the French Consul-General at Bag
dad, 101
Rousseau's Travels in Persia, 34, 126, 129, 134
Rustan, equestrian figure of, 120, 128 129
Saadi, the great Persian poet, anecdote of, 249—
his tomb, 299
Saaky Sookhta, a small village, 179
Saana, a village, 147
Sadawah, village of, 154, 159
Sanctuaries, assemblage of, 272
Sarapis, island of, 528
Sasoon, river, 332
Sassanian inscription, 130
Khig? figure of a, 267
remains, 333
Sculptures, in the Tauk -e -Bostan, described, 126
—at Bisitoon, 144
Sea-snakes, varieties of, 434
Selman Pak, the barber, tomb of, 318
Semiramis, extraordinary achievements of, 140,
144,145
Serpool, village of, 53—its situation, 55
Shah-Tuppe, conjectures respecting, 31
Shannon, an English brig, captured by the Joas
samee pirates, 413
Shapoor, visit to the ruins of, 333
Sharaban, account of the village of, 11—country
in the vicinity of, 14
Sheah Sect of the Moslems, ceremonies of the,
37, 194
Sheeheeheen, account of the, 485
Sheik Abdallah Ibn Saood, a Wahabee chief,
398—decline of his power, 400
Sheik-el-Jebal, or Old Man of the Mountains, 398
Sheik Gathban, noble conduct of, 397
Sheik Twiney, interesting story of, 397—assas
sinated, 398
Shenaz, fort of, taken, 423
Sheraroo, island of, 449
Shiraz, approach to, 286—curious circumstance
that happened at, 289—mosques of, 290—Shah
Cheragh, 292—bazaars, 293—Tukht-e-Kudjur,
294—the Bagh-No, or new garden, 295—the
Bagh-e-Vakeel, 296—Chehel-ten, 297—Haft-
ten, ih —tomb of Saadi, 299—of Hafiz, 300—of
Shah Mirza Hamza—of Seid Ala-ul-Din, 305—
of Hadjee Seid Ghareeb, 306—Medresse Khan,
or chief college, 310—streets of, &c. ib. —situa
tion, 311—inhabitants, ib —the Shah Zade, ib.—
route from to Kauzeroon, 313
Shirine, romantic story of, 39, 40, 43, 120, 129,
133
Shuker Ullah-Khan, a Persian chief, 255, 259
Sibylline verses, 522
.Sidodone, of Nearchus, 469
Silwund, river, particulars respecting, 33
Si raff, inquiries respecting, 442
Sitakus of Arrian, 431, 438
Socotra, taking of, 520
Soofee, application of the term, 157
Soonnees, alluded to, 37
Sphynxes, representation of, 340
Spring, oily, near Ecbatana, 163
Springs of fresh water, at Bahrein, 457
Stone-doors, use of, 188
Story-teller, account of a, 203
Strabo, his account of the Cossaeans, 51
Stromboli, a vessel, sinks, 418, 422
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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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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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