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'Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde; accompanied by a geographical and historical account of those countries, with a map.' [191] (233/476)
The record is made up of 1 volume (423 pages). It was created in 1816. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.
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191
II
CHAPTER XIV.
the author leaves regan. — arrives at boorja. — intermediate tract
• chanr^r^rlt™ 1 ' c,i,ef ' ~ authott avows himself an english meri
rmpr the i " spute -— town of nuheemabad. — the
kief. absent. — policy OF the persian GOVERNMENT. — descrip-
vzz nuh,;emabau - - h,rk ^ goioe. _ , iis dishonesty —
jumalle town. — meet the chief of nuheemabad. the author
introduces himself. — object in so doing. — chief's remarks —
gives a letter to the governor of the city of bumm — vili acf
of loorabad. - intervening country. _ author arrives at bumm
-waits on the governor. - greatly annoyed by the people on
guard at the palace. — the governor appears. — surprize at the
author s dress. - description of it. — hall of audience. — cover
nors polite conduct. - age. - native place. - preparations for
the journey. — departure from bumm. — water-mill. — insolence
of a syyud. — pronounces the author to be an uffghan — cause
for undeceiving him. — conversation. — insulting. _ means tried
io silence it. — fortunate query put to the author. — how an
swered. — result. — province of nurmansheer. — boundariis —
krook the capital. — short historical account of this province
and its inhabitants. _ soil. - climate. _ author's opmwn !!
revenues. - productions. - city of bumm. _ very strong fortress
— described. — celebrity. — whence derived. - lootf - \i
khan zund seized here. — extensive ruins. — former magnificence.
celebrated fountain its use situation of bumm favourable
for such. narrative resumed.
y^PRILZm. The moment the gate of the fort was opened this
morning, a guide that I had asked for the night before, came
out to join me, and I quitted Regan at six a. m. and travelled four
teen miles north north-west, through a level woody country. We
slopped to eat our breakfast at some fields of barley, which the na
tives were busy cutting, a circumstance that rather surprized me at
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Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde; accompanied by a geographical and historical account of those countries, with a map.
Publication Details: London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row, 1816 Printed by A. Strahan, New-Street-Square.
Notes: Printer's name from colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. .
Physical Description: xxx, 423, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. (col.), 1 map ; 28 cm. (4º)
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- 'Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde; accompanied by a geographical and historical account of those countries, with a map.'
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- front, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:vi-v, viii-r:xviii-v, ixx-r:ixx-v, 1:424, ixx-r, ixx-r:ixx-v, ixx-v, xx-r:xxi-v, back-i, back
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- Pottinger, Henry, Sir, 1789-1856--Travel
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