"سرد لرحلة إلى موقع مدينة بابل في ١٨١١، طُبعت الآن لأول مرة: مذكرات على الأطلال؛ مع نقوش من الخرائط المدبئية للمؤلف: ملاحظات على طبوغرافية بابل القديمة،بقلم الرائد رينيل؛ في إشارة إلى المذكرات: مذكرات ثانية على الأطلال؛ في إشارة إلى ملاحظات الرائد رينيل: مع سرد لرحلة إلى برسبوليس: طُبعت الآن لأول مرة، مع كتابات مسمارية نسخت في برسبوليس ولم تُنشر من قبل: كتبها الراحل كلوديوس جيمس ريتش، المحترم، المقيم البريطاني السابق لشركة الهند الشرقية في بغداد. حررته أرملته." [‎٢‎٣‎٠] (٤٧٤/٣٢٨)

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JOURNEY TO PERSEPOLIS.
set out on my intended visit to the ruins of Persepolis
and Nakshi Rustum.
We accordingly left the Jehan Numa at half-past
six in the evening, and proceeded to the pass of Tenj
Allah Akbar, about half a mile distant. This pass,
which is an opening in the first range of hills, is
closed by a gateway, which was now under repair,
and indeed rebuilt in a very good style at the ex
pense of Zeki Khan, the present Vizir of Shirauz.
A very large copy of the Koran, called the Haft-
mun, is kept here; which is in the handwriting of
Sultan Ibiahim, the son of Sharokh, the son of
Tamerlane. It is to be deposited in a room above
the new gateway, that all comers and goers may
have the felicity of passing under it. The best view
of Shirauz is from this spot.
After passing through a ravine closed by a ruined
aqueduct we turned north, keeping the principal
range of hills on our right; our road, however, wind
ing much. A little above, the waters of the Rukneh,
01 Ruknabad, were brought from the left in some
little channels contrived for irrigation, which were
generally conducted along the sides of the hills that
bounded our road on either hand.
Having, in the progress of our intricate, winding,
though gradual ascent, reached the pass, we de
scended by a long and steep road to a guard-house
called the Rahdar i Bajgah, where we arrived at nine,
and halted for half an hour. The moon shone
bright, and the night was quite delightful.