!['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.' [‎541] (572/582)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023554058.0x000001/567.g.5._0574.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.' [‎541] (572/582)")
'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.' [541] (572/582)
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.
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INDEX.
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Colquhoun, Dr. character of, 382
Concobar, conjecture respecting, 153
Corn-mill, model of a, 212
Cossaeans, particulars relative to the^ 51, 57, 60
Ctesiphon, 25, 26, 35, 41
Cufa, city of, its supposed ruins, 8
Curia-Muria, islands of, 527
Cutch, gulf of, 531
Cypresses of Shiraz, 296
Cyrus, his march against Babylon, 118
Danee, island of, 449
D'Anville, his f Memoir on the Euphrates and the
Tigris/ 23—error of, 26—supposes Artemita
and Dastagherd to be the same place, 37—allu
sions to, 152, 443
Daood Effendi, rebellion of, 19, 48
Daoos, island of, 449
Dastagherd, Palace of, 23, 24, 25, 28, 50
Degerdoo, a small station, 256
Dehbid, village of, 285
Dehuck, account of the town of, 187^ 188
Delamee, island of, 450
Derees, road to, 343
Dervish, curious account of a, 155—effective dis
course of one, 327
Dervishes, tombs of, at Shiraz, 297, 298
De Sacy, on the Antiquities of Persia, 9, 24, 40,
43, 127, 133, 146, 432
D'Herbelot, extract from, 39
Diala, journey across the, 2—appearance of the
river, 8—supposed source of the, 10—various
conjectures respecting the, 23, 25—error of
D'Anville concerning, 26
Diana, Temple of, 153
Diodorus, his account of the Carduchians, 48—
allusion to, 153, 163, 278
Dress, fashion of, in Persia, 214
Dufterdar Effendi, Secretary of State, 84
Dumboo, village of, 186
Dusht-urgeon, village of, 316, 317—town of, 318
Duzgurra, castle of, 50
Ecbatana, Hamadan said to be the site of, 159
£1 Assr, the hour of prayer between noon and
sunset, ib.
Elephanta, summit of, 536
El-Hhussny, village of, 189
Elia-abad, a small village, 179
Elias, a Christian merchant, 81
El Kateef, port of, 459
Elwund, mountain of, 162
English
factory
An East India Company trading post.
, at Bussorah, 382
Erythras, King, tomb of, 493
Esther and Mordecai, tomb of, 166—inscription
on the tomb of, 167
Eulaeus, river, particulars relative to, 153
Euphrates, banks of the, 393
European factories at Bussorah, 380, 381
Ferhad, the Georgian, the lover of the fair
Shirine, 40, 42, 120, 133
Figures, curious, 128
Fire-altars, described, 265, 341
Firooz Ullah Khan, 154
Firouzabad, town of, 434
Fly, an East India Company's cruiser, taken by
a French privateer, 409—her crew fall into the
power of the Joassamee pirates, 410—their sub
sequent adventures, 411
Franklin, Dr. expedient of, 183
Frazer, Mr. J. B. 471
French vessel, plundered by the Joassamee pi
rates, 381
Funeral ceremonies of the Persians, 239—service
at sea, 498, 533
Funerals of the ancient Persians, 312
Fury, the, attacked by the Joassamee pirates.
414
Futhabad, village of, 265
Futteh Ali Shah, palace of, 232—portrait of, 234
—his residence at Ispahan, ib. —his sons, 235
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, Governor of Zohaub, 49
Gajjong, the ruined quarter of Ispahan, 200
German crown, current at Muscat, 511
Ghareeb, Hadjee Seid, tomb of, 306
Ghilan, district of, 12,65
Giaour, remarks on the term, 28
Soo, a stream so called, 29
Se, a cluster of villages, 175
Giaour-Tuppe-se, or Hill of the Infidels, 22—con
jectures respecting, 26
Gibbon, extracts from, 27, 28
Gombez Lala, or the tomb of the slave, 255
Gombroon, English
factory
An East India Company trading post.
at, 473
Goolpyegan, route from Hamadan to, 168—account
of, 181—journey from to Ispahan, by Rhamat-
abad, Dehuck, and Chal-Seah, 184
Graham, Lieut, killed, 416
Graine, town and bay of, 463—islands near, 464
Great Tomb, an island in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, 468
Greek inscription, 143
Guebres, or fire-worshippers, 312
Gulistan, the merchant, 209
Gymnast, or Athletes, account of, 307
Hadjeeabad, village of, 259
Hafiz, visit to the tomb of, 300—works of, ib.
Hamadan, the site of the ancient Ecbatana, 159
—route from to Goolpyegan, 168
Hamam-e-Vakeel, a bath, at Shiraz, 288
Harem, royal at Ispahan, 217
Harounabad, town of, 70
Hasht Behest, or Eight Gardens, at Ispahan, 219
Hassan, his meeting with the Dervish Ismael, 284
—account of, 249—anecdote related by him, ib.
Hassan Ben Rahma, a pirate chief, letter to, 480
—his reply, 495
Hebrew inscription, 167
Hellowla, city of, 39—ruins of, 42—route from, to
Zohaub and Serpool, 45
Hephsestion, death of, 164,165
Heraclius, his march to Dastagherd, 25, 34
Herat, city of, particulars relative to, 156
Herbert, Sir Thomas, his account of Ispahan, 231
—of an embassy to the court of Ispahan, in the
time of Abbas, 236—Persian funerals, 239—ex
tract from his Travels, 475
Herodotus, remark of, 304
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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.
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There is a table of contents at the beginning (vii-xvi) and an index at the end of the volume (539-545).
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Dimensions: 283 mm x 220 mm.
Pagination: xvi, 545, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded).
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