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'Narrative of a Residence in Koordistan, and on the Site of Ancient Nineveh; with Journal of a Voyage down the Tigris to Bagdad and an Account of a Visit to Shirauz and Persepolis.' [151] (186/450)
The record is made up of 1 volume (410 pages). It was created in 1836. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.
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CH. XVIII.] CURIOUS TOWER.
151
March 20.—While waiting for the noon-day
observation, I went to see the remains of the great
mosque or medrisseh. The brickwork is good; and
the size about two hundred yards by one hundred and
fifty. The wall is supported by buttresses, looking like
towers at a distance ; outside of which, on the north
of the town, is the barbarous, but curious-look
ing corkscrew tower, a spiral dividing it into six
towers. It is about two hundred feet high. Ruins
and heaps of rubbish are lying about in every direc
tion. The Caliph's palace is a great way off to the
north. The modern town is about the same size as
that cf Tekreet.
" after marching and fighting a long summer's day, arrived in the
evening at Samara, on the banks of the Tigris, about one hundred
miles above Gtesiphon."—Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,
vol. iv. p. 207 Samara afterwards, in the ninth century, became
the capital of Motassem, the eighth Caliph of the Abassides, instead
of Bagdad, which he quitted on account of the rebellious disposi
tion of its inhabitants.
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Narrative of a Residence in Koordistan, and on the Site of Ancient Nineveh; with Journal of a Voyage down the Tigris to Bagdad and an Account of a Visit to Shirauz and Persepolis.
Author: Claudius James Rich.
Contributor: Mary Rich.
Publication Details: London: James Duncan, Paternoster Row.
Physical Description: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-viii); with map, plan and illustrations; octavo.
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- 1 volume (410 pages)
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This volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings and page references. Each chapter heading is followed by a detailed breakdown of the contents of that chapter.
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- T 12055 vol. 2
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- 'Narrative of a Residence in Koordistan, and on the Site of Ancient Nineveh; with Journal of a Voyage down the Tigris to Bagdad and an Account of a Visit to Shirauz and Persepolis.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1, 1a:1b, 2:8, 1:14, 14a:14b, 15:28, 28a:28b, 29:34, 34a:34b, 35:84, 84a:84b, 85:98, 98a:98b, 99:110, 110a:110b, 111:128, 128a:128b, 129:410, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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- Rich, Claudius James
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