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'A second journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, between the years 1810 and 1816. With a journal of the voyage by the Brazils and Bombay to the Persian Gulf. Together with an account of the proceedings of His Majesty's embassy under Sir Gore Ouseley, Bart. K.L.S. With two maps, and engravings from the designs of the author.' [12] (25/516)
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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER IV.
The Embassy reaches Shiraz. - Public entry. - Persian flattery. - Death of the Persian
Ambassador's child ; and illustrations of Herodotus, and Scripture. - Persmn hot b«hs. _
Visit of the Ambassadress to the Queen. - Saadi's tomb. _ Saad, s hill. — Moseky.
Bagh dil Gosha. —Monument of Meshed Mader -i-Suleiman. - Fragment of sculpture.
— Sculptured rock *
CHAPTER V.
Detention of the Embassy at Shiraz.-The Author goes to Persepolis. - Baj-gah -
Bahdars; and illustration of Scripture. — Zengan and its miserable inhabitants. — Corbal.
— Nokara Khoneh Jemsheed. — Bend Emir, a specimen of Persian hydraulics.—
Arrival at Persepolis.—Habitation. — Excavations at the ruins. — Discovery ot new
sculptures. —Impediments. —Misery of the peasantry. — Nakshi Rustam. — Sculpture.
— Discovery and description of Jemsheed's prisons. — Visit from the Governor of Mer-
dasht. — Revenue and population of Merdasht. — Rock of Istakhr; old guide, and illus
tration of Scripture. —Discovery of a tomb at Persepolis. — Arrow heads and a spear
head found
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CHAPTER VI.
The Author returns to Shiraz. — Visit of Mehmandar. — His entertainment. — Persian
musicians. — TVio Prin^o nf Shirnf Kalaat from the King. Description of
his investiture. — Adventures of Mahomed Nebee Khan, and Mirza Ahady. Punish
ment of thieves at Shiraz. — Ethiopian eunuch. — Great heats and whirlwinds. Flight
of locusts. — Illustrations of Scripture.— Dum, or charm against snakes. — Scarcity
of corn, and popular disturbances. — Birth of the Ambassador's child. — Looties. —
Treatment of infants among the Persians; coincidence with Jewish customs. — Suckling.
Weaning. — Superstition about the evil eye. — Naming the child. — Shaving its head.
— Population of Shiraz ^0
CHAPTER VII.
Departure of the Embassy from Shiraz. — Tahhteravan. — Punishment of a Persian. —
Persepolis. — Fragments of sculpture. — Sewend. — Illustration of Scripture. — Op
pression of peasants at Kemeen. — Ruins of Bah ram's castles. — Meshed Mader-i-
Suleiman. — Sculptured pilaster. — Conjectures about the Takht Suleiman. — Morg-
haub; its Governor. — A cool region.— Yeylaks and Kishlahs; illustration of
Scripture. — Bokhara Kara, or black-breasted partridge. — Ekleed; its sacred spring.
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A second journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, between the years 1810 and 1816. With a journal of the voyage by the Brazils and Bombay to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Together with an account of the proceedings of His Majesty's embassy under Sir Gore Ouseley, Bart. K.L.S. With two maps, and engravings from the designs of the author.
Publication Details: London : Longman, Hurst, etc., 1818.
Physical Description: pp. xix, 435: plates; illus., maps. ; 4º.
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- 'A second journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, between the years 1810 and 1816. With a journal of the voyage by the Brazils and Bombay to the Persian Gulf. Together with an account of the proceedings of His Majesty's embassy under Sir Gore Ouseley, Bart. K.L.S. With two maps, and engravings from the designs of the author.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iii-v, 1:20, 1:50, 50a:50b, 51:74, 74a:74b, 75:92, 92a:92b, 93:136, 136a:136b, 137:168, 168a:168b, 169:224, 224a:224c, 225:232, 232a:232c, 233:252, 252a:252b, 253:288, 288a:288b, 289:330, 330a:330b, 331:334, 334a:334c, 335:342, 342a:342b, 343:348, 348a:348b, 349:354, 354a:354b, 355:358, 358a:358b, 359:374, 374a:374b, 375:386, 386a:386c, 387:392, 392a:392b, 393:436, iv-r:vi-v, back-i
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- Morier, James Justinian
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