!['Travels in Assyria, Media, and Persia, including a journey from Bagdad by Mount Zagros, to Hamadan, the ancient Ecbatana, researches in Ispahan and the ruins of Persepolis, and journey from thence by Shiraz and Shapoor to the sea-shore. Description of Bussorah, Bushire, Bahrein, Ormuz, and Muscat, narrative of an expedition against the pirates of the Persian Gulf, with illustrations of the voyage of Nearchus, and passage by the Arabian Sea to Bombay.' [‎148] (179/582)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023554058.0x000001/567.g.5._0181.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'Travels in Assyria, Media, and Persia, including a journey from Bagdad by Mount Zagros, to Hamadan, the ancient Ecbatana, researches in Ispahan and the ruins of Persepolis, and journey from thence by Shiraz and Shapoor to the sea-shore. Description of Bussorah, Bushire, Bahrein, Ormuz, and Muscat, narrative of an expedition against the pirates of the Persian Gulf, with illustrations of the voyage of Nearchus, and passage by the Arabian Sea to Bombay.' [‎148] (179/582)")
'Travels in Assyria, Media, and Persia, including a journey from Bagdad by Mount Zagros, to Hamadan, the ancient Ecbatana, researches in Ispahan and the ruins of Persepolis, and journey from thence by Shiraz and Shapoor to the sea-shore. Description of Bussorah, Bushire, Bahrein, Ormuz, and Muscat, narrative of an expedition against the pirates of the Persian Gulf, with illustrations of the voyage of Nearchus, and passage by the Arabian Sea to Bombay.' [148] (179/582)
The record is made up of 1 volume (545 pages). It was created in 1829. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
148
FROM KERMANSHAH
I consulted my companions, however, and by a seasonable ap
peal to their pride, made tliem ashamed to confess their fears :
then, going through the form of swearing the one on his musket,
by making him kiss the lock and the muzzle, and present it for
firing, and binding the other by his sword, as he kissed its hilt
and point, and directed it upwards to heaven, that we should all
stand or fall together, we went on in a dead silence for nearly an
hour.
At length the very party who had been minutely described to
us, appeared approaching towards us from ahead; the four horse
men kept the centre of the main road, six of those on foot were on
the high ground on their right, and four on the low plain on their
left. They were yet about a quarter of a mile off; and between
us both, but closer to our own position, were several goats-hair
tents of shepherds near the road. We made no halt; but as we
passed these tents, several ill-looking fellows, armed with blud
geons, hoes, and hatchets, came out of them, and intercepted us,
by forming a line right across our path. This was danger from a
quarter that we had not at all expected ; and as the eyes of those
farther on, whom we now believed to be aided by those near, as
colleagues, were no doubt fixed upon us, we determined to push
through this first obstacle, if only to show them that we were pre
pared for the second. Accordingly, drawing one of my pistols,
which I held with the bridle in my left hand, and poising my
spear high in my right, I set off at full gallop, and my companions
steadily followed me.
We succeeded completely in breaking the line of our enemies,
one of whom fell, and was trampled on by my horse ; another had
a deep wound in the side, and his garments torn to ribbands by
my spear; and a third received a cut from the sword of the
Faqueer, who came last in the train; but no shots were fired,
t lose being reserved for future use. The horsemen ahead, seeing
t is, made a bold push towards us; and, without at all checking
reins, we met the shock on a gallop, by which the Faqueer
About this item
- Content
Travels in Assyria, Media, and Persia, including a journey from Bagdad by Mount Zagros, to Hamadan, the ancient Ecbatana, researches in Ispahan and the ruins of Persepolis, and journey from thence by Shiraz and Shapoor to the sea-shore. Description of Bussorah, Bushire, Bahrein, Ormuz, and Muscat, narrative of an expedition against the pirates of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , with illustrations of the voyage of Nearchus, and passage by the Arabian Sea to Bombay.
The book is written by James Silk Buckingham and contains illustrations and a map at the beginning, entitled "General map of Persia, with the routes pursued by Mr Buckingham in his travels from Bagdad across the mountains of Zagros, through Assyria, Media & Persia, incuding the chief positions of all the ancient cities & modern towns, from the banks of the Tigris to the shores of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. " and signed "Sidy. Hall, sculpt."
Buckingham is identified on title page as "author of Travels in Palestine and the countries east of the Jordan; Travels among the Arab tribes; and Travels in Mesopotamia; member of the Literary Societies of Bombay and Madras, and of the Asiatic Society of Bengal." Name of manufacturer from p. ii. Portrait of the author signed as follows: "Drawn and Etched by W.H. Brooke, A.R.H.A." and "Aquatinted by R. Havell Jnr." Dedication to Sir Charles Forbes on p. v. Vignette on p. 545. With publication announcement of the second edition of Buckingham's Travels in Mesopotamia on last unnumbered page.
Publication Details: London : Henry Colburn, New Burlington Street, 1829. Printed by S. and R. Bentley, Dorset Street, Fleet Street.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (545 pages)
- Arrangement
There is a table of contents at the beginning (vii-xvi) and an index at the end of the volume (539-545).
- Physical characteristics
Dimensions: 283 mm x 220 mm.
Pagination: xvi, 545, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded).
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
'Travels in Assyria, Media, and Persia, including a journey from Bagdad by Mount Zagros, to Hamadan, the ancient Ecbatana, researches in Ispahan and the ruins of Persepolis, and journey from thence by Shiraz and Shapoor to the sea-shore. Description of Bussorah, Bushire, Bahrein, Ormuz, and Muscat, narrative of an expedition against the pirates of the Persian Gulf, with illustrations of the voyage of Nearchus, and passage by the Arabian Sea to Bombay.' [148] (179/582), British Library: Printed Collections, 567.g.5., in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023859736.0x0000b4> [accessed 9 August 2026]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023859736.0x0000b4
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023859736.0x0000b4">'Travels in Assyria, Media, and Persia, including a journey from Bagdad by Mount Zagros, to Hamadan, the ancient Ecbatana, researches in Ispahan and the ruins of Persepolis, and journey from thence by Shiraz and Shapoor to the sea-shore. Description of Bussorah, Bushire, Bahrein, Ormuz, and Muscat, narrative of an expedition against the pirates of the Persian Gulf, with illustrations of the voyage of Nearchus, and passage by the Arabian Sea to Bombay.' [‎148] (179/582)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023859736.0x0000b4"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023554058.0x000001/567.g.5._0181.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100023554058.0x000001/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- 567.g.5.
- Title
- 'Travels in Assyria, Media, and Persia, including a journey from Bagdad by Mount Zagros, to Hamadan, the ancient Ecbatana, researches in Ispahan and the ruins of Persepolis, and journey from thence by Shiraz and Shapoor to the sea-shore. Description of Bussorah, Bushire, Bahrein, Ormuz, and Muscat, narrative of an expedition against the pirates of the Persian Gulf, with illustrations of the voyage of Nearchus, and passage by the Arabian Sea to Bombay.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iii-v, 1:18, 1:546, iv-r:v-v, back-i
- Author
- Buckingham, James Silk
- Usage terms
- Public Domain