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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.' [‎267] (346/524)

The record is made up of 1 volume (438 pages). It was created in 1812. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.

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TEHERAN TO TABRIZ.
267
such an inroad, which is indeed the privilege of every officer of govern
ment. I was quite vexed one day (when a poor man came and in-
treated the Persians to take their horses out of his field, for that its
produce was his sole subsistence) to see the inhumanity with which
they treated him; and, after having administered a few blows to his
shoulders, compelled him to hold their horses as they were eating his
own property before his face.
At about half past nine o'clock, and about fifteen miles from Auk-kend,
we came to the banks of the Klzzil Ozan. The stream runs from West to
East, in a bed of about two hundred yards in breadth, which was then
in a great measure dry. It rises in the mountains of Germtan, about
five days journey from Miami eh, and flows into the Caspian near Reshf.
We crossed it on a bridge, which appeared a very ancient structure,
and is now falling fast to decay.
It has three principal arches, the one to the W. is modern compared
with the other part of the structure, having been restored by Aga
Mahomed Khan ; as a small inscription on the new buttress inti
mates. The original bridge is attributed to Shah Abbas ; but, from
its structure, which does not resemble that of the Seffis, and from an
inscription in the Cujick character (which is worked in brick all around
the principal arch) and another in a square on one of the old buttresses,
I should suspect that it is much more ancient, and must be referred
indeed to the earliest ages of Mahomedanism. When on the borders
of the stream I was too distant to see the characters distinctly enough
to copy them.
We commenced the ascent of the Cqflan Kou immediately on quitting
the river, and were just one hour in gaining its greatest height, and half
an hour in descending into the plain on the opposite side. The chain
of mountains, of which this forms a part, is the proper boundary of
Aderbigian. Near the bridge on the right, in ascending the mountain,
there is a singular rock which has been fortified with walls and turrets,
probably coeval with the bridge. This also, however, appears to have
been restored in some parts by a modern hand, as in front there is a
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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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'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.' [‎267] (346/524), British Library: Printed Collections, W 2806, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023686207.0x000093> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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