!['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.' [‎784] (884/905)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023550132.0x000001/IOL_1947_C_142_0886.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.' [‎784] (884/905)")
'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.' [784] (884/905)
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INDEX.
Pearls of ancient Tyrus, 647
Pedia, river.(near Famagosta, in Cyprus),
459
Pednelissus, now Balcascooe (in Tekeh), 339
Pehavians, district of, 154
, population of, 157
Pehlevi, sacred language of I'ran, 83
, Aramaic, root of the, 84
still spoken in Shirvan, 84
spoken by the Gabrs, 86
Peishabur, one part of the Khabur so
called, 20
Peium, fortress (in Galatia), 332
Pekmiz (a sweetmeat), 372
Pelegrino Castello, or Attlit (coast of Gali
lee), 482
Pelevar, river (of Persis), 210
Pella, ruins on Jebel 'Ajlun (in the Deca-
polis), 513
Pelvereh, village on the Taurus, westward
of the Euphrates, and the site of ancient
Perre, 352
Pentateuch, very ancient copy possessed by
the Cutheans of Samaria, 490
Persea Proper, limits of, &c., 503, 521
, climate of, 533, 534
, early and later rainy season, 534
Perez su (tributary of the Murad), 43
Perga (in Tekeh), 339
Pergamus (ruins of Troy), 317
Perim, island (straits of Bab-el-Mandeb),
571
Pemaz Tagh (in the province of Moola),
340
Perre, ancient site, now Pelvereh (in the
Taurus), 352
Persepolis, royal mountain of, 73
, ancient capital of Pars, 209, 210
Persia, deserts of, 78,
, pasturage and shrubs of, 78
, the Deri, or modem language in,- 84
, heterodox religions of, 87
, caravan routes through, 236, 337
, commerce and revenue of, 237
, dress of the men in, 239
, dress of the women in, 240
, mid-day meal in, 240
, ordinary diet in, 241
, Diwan Khanah and other apartments
in, 242
, furniture in, 242
, descriptions of the towns, villages,
and tents in, 242
, preliminaries of marriage in, 243
, temporary marriages in, 243
, inmates of the harem in, 244
, amusements of men of rank in, 244
, exercise of the jereed in, 244
■, amusements of the people in, 244, 245
, Nau-ruz (New Year), and other fes
tivals in, 244
• , funerals and feasts in, 245
, population of, 251
, revenue of, in the time of Harun-el-
Eashi'd, 252
, ancient guide-books of, 252
, privileges of Muslims in, 253
Persia, army and government of, how sup
ported, 253
, value of a year's labour in, 254
, value of wheat, time of'Omar in, 255
, taxes of, 253, 254
Proper, position, extent, &c., of, 188,
189
, like Arabia, 188
, its twelve provinces, 188 (note)
, general features of, 189
, central plateau of, 189
• , principal mountain chains of, 189
Persian youth, education of the, 89
empire, decline of the, 89
, under Abbas the Great, 90
, limits and decline of the, 91
Apennines, passes through, 207, 201
—defiles of, like those in Afghanistan,
208
court, the great state of the, 237
army, state of the, 238
, irregular troops of the, 238
Gulf; trade of the, 569
, winds of the, 569
, Arabs of the, 696
Persians, complexion of the, 232
, classes of the people, 232
, the shah's power absolute, 232
, chiefs of provinces, 233
, law and education of princes and
people of the, 233
, mountain tribes of, have a patriarchal
government, 233
, ancient and modern literature of the,
234, 335
, etiquette and precedency of the, 234
, sculpture and architecture of the,
235
, music among the, 235
, trades of the, 236
——, exports, &c., of the, 236
, means of transport among the, 236
• , opium, spirits, and wine taken in
secret by the, 241
cottages and houses of the, 241
, occupations of the, 244, 245
character, dark side of the, 246
, favourable side of the, 246, 247
personal qualities of the, 247
skill in horsemanship of the, 247
Persis, rivers of, 210
Perwan Durrah, the Kapissa of Ptolemy,
Peshawur, plain, on the river of Kabul, 170,
172
, city and population of, 170
, district and limits of, 170
, once part of Paropamisus, 172
, features of, 172
, ancient inhabitants of, 172
Pessinus, city (on the Sangarius), 332
Petra, commerce of, 596
of the Greeks, the Eekem of the Arabs,
and Sela of the Jews, 655
, Aretas' palace at, 656
Petroleum and naphtha abundant in Iran,
74, 75
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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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