!['The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.' [‎764] (864/905)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023550132.0x000001/IOL_1947_C_142_0866.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.' [‎764] (864/905)")
'The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.' [764] (864/905)
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INDEX.
Gumish Khanah, town, 96, 286, 307
■, mines of, 275, 278
Gunah-abad, town (in Khorasan), 223
Gundar, on the western arm of the Diyalah,
33
Gunluk sn (tributary of the Murad), 43
Guran (in Sivas district), 272
Guria, province, position of, &c^ 149
, extent of, 149
, soil and produce of, 149
, districts of, 149
, population and inhabitants of, 149
, religion of ditto, 150
, ranks of people in, 150
Gurun, town (on the Tokhmah su), 44, 292
Gutha, El, the district of Damascus, 522
Guttart, island (in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
), 569
Guzel Burj, pretty town (on the Orontes),
i hisar (in the a'yanlik of Aidin), 309
Gyndes, river (now the Diyalak), 33, 210
Habbat, fifth kind of coffee (in Yemen), 621
Habin, river (of Mushed), 224
Habis, plain and ruins of, 472
Hadad, Ben, Syrian temple to, 541
Hadhra, Ain, spring in Yemameh (district
of Nedjd), 630
Hadisah, or Hadfth, island and town (on the
Euphrates), 53
Hadjar, the concealed stone (at Jerusalem),
497
Hadramaut, probably the Hazarmaveth of
Scripture, 635
, boundaries of, 635
, inhabitants of, 636
Hadrianopolis, site of (in Boll district), 323
Hafar, canal (from the Lower Karun), 199,
200
Hagar and Ismael's tombs (at Mekkah),
604
Hai", canal, course and description of (in
Lower Mesopotamia), 36
Hail, town (of Jebel Shammar), 628
Haimaneh, Kurdish district (westward of
Angora), 328
Haimi, sixth kind of coffee (in Yemen),
621
Hait, Ain, spring of Yemameh (district of
Nedjd), 630
Haivali, village (between the Upper Eu
phrates and the Halys), 276
, gold found in, 276
Hajar, stream, in Yemameh (district of
Nedjd), 630
Hajf, village (in Kach'h Gandavah), 182
Bektash a'yanlik (in Kir Shehr dis
trict), 305
Tagh (eastern side of the Halys), 290
Hamzah, town of (on the Halys), 5,
303
Hajilar, town, near lake Sdghla (in Kdniyeh
eyalet), 346
Hajm, or dromedary, the third class of
camels in Arabia, 583
, their superiority over the ordinary
camel, 583
Haji'n, called "maherry" in Africa, and
" hurkary" in Asia, 583
, the dromedary of Scripture, 583
, average speed of the, 583
, particular instances of speed, 583, 584
Hakim Khan, sanjak of (in Malatiyah pa-
shalik), 302
Hakkarf, tribe (of Chaldeans), 120
Hak'm, a civil authority (like a mayor), 233
Hala, mountains (near the river Indus), 73,
181
Halebi,'or Zelebi (on the Euphrates), de
scription of, 417
Halli, harbour (at the southern extremity
of the Hijaz), 610
Halus, a chief town (of Assyria Proper),
120
Halys, river, name of the, 4
, course of, 7
, southern river of, 4
, borders of, 7
, country near, 7
, valley of, 67
, source of, 96
, and land of Havflah, 267
, or Alys, the Eksios of the Armenians,
274
, divides Asia Minor, 302
Ham, seat of the descendants of, 274
Hamadan, district and city described (once
Ecbatana), 33, 212
, valley of, 212
, city and territory, taxes of, 259
Hamah, bridge of (on the Orontes), 395
Hamams, or baths, 331, 370
Hamath-Zobah, kingdom of, once Hamath
the Great, or Epiphania, 540
Hamdan, town (in t the valley of N ejram),
615
Hamid, district (of Asia Minor), 337
, extent, &c., of, 337
, surface of, 337
, towns of, 337
Hammam Beth-horon, springs (eastward of
the Dead Sea), 515
Hammame Arabs, 511
Hammar, island (in the Ked Sea), 571
Hamnn, hills (on the Upper Tigris), 26
Hamzah, tombs (on the Hai canal), 36
Hanina Beit, or Bethel, valley (N.W. of
Jerusalem), 488
Hanein, valley (westward of Safet), 467
Haouran, plain of, 510
Harakah, town, once Libyssa (near the gulf
of Nicomedia), 324
Harakli (Band Eregli) (in Boli district),
323
Harand Dajel, district (between the Indus
and Kach'h Gandavah), 180,183
, chief town of, 183
•, plain of, 186
Hararah, village in Afladj (the district of
Nedjd), 633
Harem, or Harem Khanah, 242, 367
Hargose, island (in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
), 569
Harharas, stream on the eastern branch of
the Jerahi, 202
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The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.
Publication Details: London : Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1850 Printed by W. Clowes and sons, Stamford Street.
Notes: Printer's name from colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. . Only two volumes of text and an atlas containing the maps were published.
Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Physical Description: xxvii, [3], 799, [1] p., [29] leaves of plates (1 folded), (the plates are numbered: 1, 3-9, 11-26, 28, 33, 37, 39, 42-43). Vol. 1, p. 705-706 and p. 707-708 are fold-out leaves.
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- 'The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.'
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- front, back, spine, head, edge, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:30, 1:8, 8a, 8a, 9:34, 34a:34b, 35:48, 48a:48b, 49:92, 92a:92b, 93:114, 114a:114b, 115:116, 116a:116b, 117:138, 138a:138b, 139:189, 188:198, 198a:198b, 199:208, 208a:208b, 209:212, 212a:212b, 213:230, 230a:230b, 231:266, 266a:266b, 267:310, 310a:310b, 311:324, 324a:324b, 325:336, 336a:336b, 337:350, 350a:350b, 351:368, 368a:368b, 369:392, 392a:392b, 393:406, 406a:406b, 407:426, 426a:426b, 427:432, 432a:432b, 433:470, 470a:470b, 471:490, 490a:490b, 491:526, 526a:526b, 527:596, 596a:596b, 597:616, 616a:616b, 617:622, 622a:622b, 623:636, 636a:636b, 637:704, 704a, 705, 705, 707:802, iii-r:iii-v, back-i
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