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The record is made up of 1 volume (324 pages). It was created in 1839. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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JOURNEY TO PERSEPOLIS.
as those at Constantinople, and there are a few scat
tered about in different places ; but, with these ex
ceptions, they may be said to have been destroyed.
They are frequently cut up for common carpentry,
door and window-frames, as one of the Persian at
tendants told me. Indeed the little wood there is in
Persia they say is fast disappearing.
The Prince of Shirauz is now repairing his gar
den-house adjoining to the Jehan Numa, and for
wood-work he has cut down some very fine plane-
trees planted by Kerim Khan in the Bagh i Vakeel,
which is in the city. My informant, though a ser
vant of the Prince's, spoke of this with evident re
gret, as also of the destruction of Kerim Khan's Hall
of Audience, for the sake of the stones, porphyry
pillars, &c. The Kajars have not built anything
like it.
It is surprising how the memory of Kerim Khan
is still revered at Shirauz. There certainly must
have been something in the man who could so long
secure the grateful recollection even of Persians.
Provisions in abundance were brought to us, con
sisting of very fine mutton, excellent bread, vege
tables of different kinds—and among them nolecole
and badinjans; some of the best nectarines I ever
tasted out of England; pears, apples, and indifferent
plums; almonds, and large black mulberries.
Peaches are just coming in, and promise to be good.
Grapes are not yet in, nor are the pistachios and
walnuts yet ripe. The best grapes are called Rish i

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Narrative of a journey to the site of Babylon in 1811, now first published: memoir on the ruins; with engravings from the original sketches by the author: remarks on the topography of ancient Babylon, by Major Rennell; in reference to the memoir: second memoir on the ruins; in reference to Major Rennell's remarks: with narrative of a journey to Persepolis: now first printed, with hitherto unpublished cuneiform inscriptions copied at Persepolis: by the late Claudius James Rich, Esq., formerly the Resident of the Hon. East India Company at Bagdad , by Claudius James Rich.

Publication details: Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Duke-street, Stamford Street, London. Published by Duncan and Malcolm, Paternoster Row, MDCCCXXXIX [1839].

Physical description: Includes plates, illustrations, plan; octavo.

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1 volume (324 pages)
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The volume contains a table of contents with chapter headings with page references (pp xi-xv). Each chapter heading is followed by a detailed breakdown of the contents of that chapter. There is a list of illustrations (p xvi) with facing page references.

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'Narrative of a journey to the site of Babylon in 1811, now first published: memoir on the ruins; with engravings from the original sketches by the author: remarks on the topography of ancient Babylon, by Major Rennell; in reference to the memoir: second memoir on the ruins; in reference to Major Rennell's remarks: with narrative of a journey to Persepolis: now first printed, with hitherto unpublished cuneiform inscriptions copied at Persepolis: by the late Claudius James Rich, Esq., formerly the Resident of the Hon. East India Company at Bagdad. Edited by his widow.'
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front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:16, 1:48, 1:39, 39a, 40, 40a:40b, 41:64, 64a:64b, 65:66, 66a:66b, 67:68, 68a:68b, 69:92, 92a:92b, 93:104, 104a:104b, 105:192, 192a:192j, 193:248, 248a:248l, 249:250, 250a:250q, 251a:251g, 251:254, 254a:254i, 255:324, iii-r:v-v, back-i
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Rich, Claudius James
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