!['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.' [‎172] (215/516)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023517886.0x000001/W 2287_0217.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'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.' [‎172] (215/516)")
'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.' [172] (215/516)
The record is made up of 1 volume (435 pages). It was created in 1818. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.
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172 AUDIENCE OF THE KING.
expressed the high esteem he entertained for our nation. The Am
bassador seized this opportunity to extol the conduct ot the King s En
voy during his stay in England, to which His Majesty seemed to listen
with pleasure; and then ordered Mirza Abul Hassan Khan to be called,
who soon after appeared, and stood below with his shoes off, by the
side of a basin of water. He then said to him aloud, " AJerin, aferin 9
" well done, well done, Abul Hassan, you have made my face white in
" a foreign country, and I will make yours white in this. \ ou are one
" of the noblest of the families in my kingdom, and with the help
" of God, I will raise you to the dignities of your ancestors;" at which
words the Mirza knelt down and actually touched the earth with his
forehead.
Sometime after this, the Ambassador had his public audience, when
we saw the King in great splendour. He was decked in all his jewels,
with his crown on his head, his bazubends, or armlets, on his arms, seated
on his throne. We approached him bowing after our own manner, but
the Persians bowed as David did to Saul, who stooped with his face to the
earth, and bowed himself, (1 Samuel, xxiv. 8.); that is, not touching the
earth with the face, but bowing with their bodies at right angles, the
hands placed on the knees, and the legs somewhat asunder. It is only
on remarkable occasions, such as that above mentioned of Mirza Abul
Hassan Khan, that the prostration of the Rouee Zemeen, the face to the
earth, is made, which must be the falling upon the face to the earth
and worshipping, as Joshua did. (Joshua, v. 14.) Stated distances were
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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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- W 2287
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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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