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'Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde; accompanied by a geographical and historical account of those countries, with a map.' [‎202] (244/476)

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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nor's palace, and buildings belonging to it. The Bazar is prettj
large, and supplies are reasonable; a scarcity of wheat prevai e
when I was there, but barley, dates, milk, and various sorts of fruit
were procurable. The gardens here are famous for pomegranates,
and they are undoubtedly superior in flavour and juiciness to an\
tasted afterwards, either at Sheeraz or Bagdad, where the best in the
world are supposed to be produced.
Of late years, the celebrity of Bumm has been increased in a high
degree among the Persians, from being the place at which Lootf
Allee Khan, the last of the Zund family who disputed the succession
to the throne, was made prisoner about nineteen years ago. The
spot where he was seized, when in the act ol mounting his horse to
escape, is marked, to this hour, by a pyramid of the skulls of his
adherents, erected by order of his competitor, the merciless Agha
Mohomed Khan Kajjar, the first of that tribe who reigned in Persia.
I shall find occasion to advert to the particulars of that horrid trans
action when I come to speak of Kirman, and need not detail further
in this place.
The widely scattered ruins, and remains of demolished buildings,
round the present fort, demonstrate the immense extent of the
former city of Bumm, which is reputed to have been, in point of
magnificence, in the days of its splendour, equal to any other in
Persia. The Uffghans, when they invaded that Kingdom in 1719,
are usually allowed to have been the original beautifiers, but not the
founders of it, as the town itself was of much more ancient date. It
is also quite certain, that, whatever might have been the state of
it, when the Grhiljyees became masters of it, they were e\entually tht
sole cause, if not the actual perpetrators, of its dilapidation. Some
of the fountains here are said to have thrown water to an amazing
height and distance, far beyond any thing that the science of hydrau
lics in Persia can at present accomplish, although much studied ; for
no house is considered complete without its marble cistern and jet
(Teau. About three miles from the fort, my guide called my atten
tion to a garden equal to several acres of ground, still retaining

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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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