!['A Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, in the years 1808 and 1809, in which is included some account of the proceedings of his Majesty's Mission, under Sir Harford Jones, Bart., to the Court of the King of Persia. With twenty-five engravings from the designs of the author; a plate of inscriptions; and three maps.' [‎122] (175/524)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023517885.0x000001/W 2806_0179.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'A Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, in the years 1808 and 1809, in which is included some account of the proceedings of his Majesty's Mission, under Sir Harford Jones, Bart., to the Court of the King of Persia. With twenty-five engravings from the designs of the author; a plate of inscriptions; and three maps.' [‎122] (175/524)")
'A Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, in the years 1808 and 1809, in which is included some account of the proceedings of his Majesty's Mission, under Sir Harford Jones, Bart., to the Court of the King of Persia. With twenty-five engravings from the designs of the author; a plate of inscriptions; and three maps.' [122] (175/524)
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110
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shiraz to persepolis.
departure from shiraz—zergoon—bend-emir, the ancient
araxes—plain of merdasht--tombs and sculptures op
nakshi rustam—fire-temples—persepolis-—general view
of the whole particular description; staircase;
portals; hall of columns—sculptures at nakshi radjab
—popular traditions.
A.T eleven o'clock on the morning of the 13th, the Envoy recom
menced his journey towards Teheran. The Prime Minister, and the
Chief Secretary, Mahomed Hassan Khan (the commander of the
Karaguzloo tribe), the Prince's Lord Chamberlain, and Mahomed
Zeky Khan, our former Mehmandar, with Abdulla Khan, who
had succeeded to that office pro tempore, accompanied us about the
distance of a mile from Tengui AH Acbar, and then all took their
formal leave, except our late and present Mehmandars.
At the distance of a quarter of a mile beyond the gate of the pass
departing from Shiraz, one of the most compact of distant views pre
sented itself. As we saw it from an eminence, the foreground was
formed by the two bold acclivities, (which close into the pass and are
connected by the gate), and the interval in the distance is filled up by
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A Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, in the years 1808 and 1809, in which is included some account of the proceedings of his Majesty's Mission, under Sir Harford Jones, Bart., to the Court of the King of Persia. With twenty-five engravings from the designs of the author; a plate of inscriptions; and three maps.
Publication Details: London : Longman, 1812.
Physical Description: xvi. 438 p. ; 4º.
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- W 2806
- Title
- 'A Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, in the years 1808 and 1809, in which is included some account of the proceedings of his Majesty's Mission, under Sir Harford Jones, Bart., to the Court of the King of Persia. With twenty-five engravings from the designs of the author; a plate of inscriptions; and three maps.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1:2, 2a:2b, 3:18, 1:2, 2a:2b, 3:4, 4a:4d, 5:6, 6a:6b, 7:58, 58a:58b, 59:68, 68a:68b, 69:70, 70a:70b, 71:86, 86a:86b, 87:88, 88a:88d, 89:90, 90a:90d, 91:106, 106a:106b, 107:124, 124a:124b, 125:126, 126a:126b, 127:128, 128a:128b, 129:132, 132a:132b, 133:136, 136a:136b, 137:138, 138a:138b, 139:144, 144a:144b, 145:168, 168a:168b, 169:184, 184a:184b, 185:226, 226a:226b, 227:248, 248a:248b, 249:256, 256a:256b, 257:266, 266a:266b, 267:306, 306a:306b, 307:356, 356a:356b, 357:438, i-r:i-v, back-i
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- Morier, James Justinian
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