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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.' [219] (254/450)
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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LET. III. 1 MESHED I MADER I SULIMAN.
219
in not going to them, and forcing myself to be con
tented with this general survey. This may be foolish,
but I determined to put otf my minute inspection of
them till our return, and enjoy for the present the
general impression caused by this distant view. Lord
Byron would have employed the interval better than
I could do.
We set off on the evening of the 17th for the
famous and much-disputed ruin of Meshed i Mader i
Suliman, where we arrived on the evening of the
19th. I have not yet made up my mind whether
this be the tomb of Cyrus or not, and I have very
foolishly left my Arrian behind me at Bushire; but
I was greatly surprised at its appearance, quite dii-
ferent from anything I had been led to expect. It is
evident that it is of the very highest antiquity, but
what still more astonished me was, to find it oi the
correcteat taste I had ever seen any Eastern build
ing. It is in design a perfect Grecian sepulchral
monument, built of white marble, and ol a firmness
of construction and vastness ol materials intended
evidently to defy the attacks of ages. I was un
wearied with contemplating this venerable edifice,
rendered still more interesting by the probability
that it may have contained the mortal remains ol the
most illustrious of oriental princes. Near it are
some pilasters with cuneiform inscriptions, and a
curious figure, beautifully executed and most cor
rectly copied by Sir H. Porter, to the unrivalled
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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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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.'
- Pages
- 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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