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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.' [357] (392/450)
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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APP. IV.]
BY THE TIGRIS.
357
Left Bank.
Tel Hamlia, a small
mount, just opposite Jeb-
bar.
Left bank grows un
even.
Strange unsightly sand
stone hills and mounts.
Tel Dhahab just below
Course.
61. 15"
The same curious heaps
continue.
7 0 Musahhaj.
S. 15 E.
7 40
8 25 Under the Ham-
reen. Stop on the
right bank near
one hour, below
Jabbar, at which
it was impossible
to bring the kel-
lek to.
10 20 Got under way
again."
S. 45 E.
10 30 S.
10 52 E.
11 0 N. 60 E.
11 15 Obliged to bring
to, on account of
the violence of the
wind. 1 availed
myself ofthe stop
page to get an ob
servation.
Fat'hha, S. 15 S.,
about two miles in
a straight line.
1 25 Off again.
Right Bank.
Termination of the
Khanuza hills on the Ti
gris ; interval between
them and the Hamreen
hills, filled with a confu
sion of mounts anddebris,
tossed up in the most fan
ciful and unsightly man
ner. These continue to
the front of the Hamreen
on the river.
Hamreen; Musahhaj
before it.
Keep the Hamreen on
the right.
Jebbar Kalaasi, or Ka-
laat ul Jebbar, the Ty
rant's castle. A ruin, a
little way up the Ham-
reen.
Very high earthy cliffs,
evidently debris from the
Hamreen, which are
about one mile from the
water.
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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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- '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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