!['The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.' [‎756] (856/905)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023550132.0x000001/IOL_1947_C_142_0858.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.' [‎756] (856/905)")
'The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.' [756] (856/905)
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INDEX.
Chiti, cape, now Shiti, once Citium (in
Cyprus), 459
Chivalry among the Arabs, 665
Chna, land of Canaan or Philistia, 539
Choaspes, or Kerkah (river of Khuzistan),
204, 205
Chodda, ancient, now Kej (in Mekran), 179
Choghakate, one of the three churches (near
Erivan), 147
Choora, stream (in theKhybur pass), 171
Choroane, second division of Parthia, 225
Chdruk-su, town (on the Black Sea), climate
of, 359
Chorula, river (district of Ararat), 96
Chosroes, arch of (at Ctesiphoh), 35
Chozia, district (of Colchis), 275
Chumara, ancient (town of Lower Chaldea),
94 __ _
Chumi-zamgan, tributary of the Abi Shir-
wan (branch of the Diyalah), 33
Churum, town of Sivas district, 303
Chus of the Caucasus, or K'housdi K'hab-
gokh, 141,218
, from Chuschi an Ethiopian, 204
Cibyrates, mount (in greater Phrygia), 340
Cilicia, plains of, 297, 298
, western (the rugged Trachea), 294,
352
Campestris, or plain of Adanah, 352
Cilician pass, description of, 352-354
Ciliciana, ancient, now Sarasat, village (on
the Upper Euphrates), 419
Ciliza, ancient town, now Kilis (in Aleppo
pashalik), 422
Circan or Mekran, 185
Citis or Cetis district, the Calycadnus val
ley (in Ich ill), 355
Citium, now Shiti or Chiti (in Cyprus),
459
Claudiopolis, remains of (at Mout), 355
Clides, islands (Keys of Cyprus), 457
Climax, mount, now Delek Tagh (in Tekeh),
338
Coal, gray, in Arabia, 567 {note)
Coele Syria or valley of Zahle, or of Bika,
394, 398
Coeur de Lion, mount at Acre, 483
Coffee, seven kinds in Arabia, 621
Cogamus, or river of Allah Shehr (in Ai-
din) tributary of the Hyllus or Hermus,
310
Cogoon, port (of Fars), 209
Colchis, territory of, 12
, Havilah, 275
, ancient, 150
, limits of, 275
, occupants of, 275
, metals of, 276
, mines of, 278
Commagene, ancient, district (westward of
Sumeisat), 114
Compass, in use among the Arabs at an
early period, 692
Conar, or nebo (soap plant), 227
Concobar, now Kaugawar, town (eastward
of Kirman-Shah), 216
Constantia, once Salamis (in Cyprus), 459
Conuclia, village in Baffa (sanjak of Cyprus),
458
, excavations and remains at, supposed
to be the site of Phoenician Paphos, 458
Cookery of the Arabs during a retreat, 685
Coomfidah, port (of the Hijaz), 610
Copee Zur, or Fort of Rustam (in the pro
vince of Seistan), 168
Corchas or Gordjaik'h (province of Arme
nia), 102
Corgo and Karrak islands (near Bushire),
209
Coma, ancient city (of Persia), 210
Coras, village, once Cyrrhus (in the district
of Kill's), 422
Corycus, ancient, site of (on the coast of
Ionia), 311
Cosssei, mountains of the, Zagros or Shahu,
72
, people and language, 83
of Media Magna, 218
Cow, worshipped in Fran, 88
, wild, of Arabia, 581, 586
Cragus, mount and ruins of, supposed to be
Sidy ma (in Lycia), 341, 342
Crambusa island (in Tekeh district), 338
Crassus, the Eoman general, defeated at
Basilius river, 115
Ctesiphon, ruins (on the lower Tigris), 35,
Cundeedacer, head of a quarter or division
(of Afghans), 175
Cuneiform inscriptions, 169
Cuni, ancient town (of Mekran), 185
Curcha (Kerkuk), in Kurdistan, 120
Curium, probably now the Sanjak of Epis-
copia (in Cyprus), 458
Cush and Sabean, followers of, 92
, supposed position of the land of, 267
, several names of the people of, 281
, Asiatic, 267, 274, 275, 281
Cushite, language of Arabia, adopted by
Kaktan's followers, 660
Cushites, in Babylonia, 116
Cutheans, of Shalmanasar, 490
, ancient copy of the Pentateuch found
on Mount Gerezim, 490
Cydnus, or Sarus river (now the Saihun),
rise and course of into Cilicia, 298
, cataracts on the, near Tarsus, 297
Cyprus, or Kibris, island, 456
, position and extent of, 457
, mountains of, 457
, minerals of, 457
, products of, 460
, ancient names of, 460
, called Aerosse or Kibris from its cop
per, 460
, Phoenician and Ethiopian inhabitants,
460
, Cyrus the Great conquered it, 461
, History of, 461
Cyropolis, ancient city (of Media), 141
Cyrrhestica (in northern Syria) district,
422, 540
Cyrrhus, capital of ancient Cyrrhestica, now
Corns village (in Aleppo pashalik), 422
Cyrus river, now the Kur-'Ab (of Far), 208
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The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.
Publication Details: London : Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1850 Printed by W. Clowes and sons, Stamford Street.
Notes: Printer's name from colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. . Only two volumes of text and an atlas containing the maps were published.
Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Physical Description: xxvii, [3], 799, [1] p., [29] leaves of plates (1 folded), (the plates are numbered: 1, 3-9, 11-26, 28, 33, 37, 39, 42-43). Vol. 1, p. 705-706 and p. 707-708 are fold-out leaves.
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- 'The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.'
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- front, back, spine, head, edge, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:30, 1:8, 8a, 8a, 9:34, 34a:34b, 35:48, 48a:48b, 49:92, 92a:92b, 93:114, 114a:114b, 115:116, 116a:116b, 117:138, 138a:138b, 139:189, 188:198, 198a:198b, 199:208, 208a:208b, 209:212, 212a:212b, 213:230, 230a:230b, 231:266, 266a:266b, 267:310, 310a:310b, 311:324, 324a:324b, 325:336, 336a:336b, 337:350, 350a:350b, 351:368, 368a:368b, 369:392, 392a:392b, 393:406, 406a:406b, 407:426, 426a:426b, 427:432, 432a:432b, 433:470, 470a:470b, 471:490, 490a:490b, 491:526, 526a:526b, 527:596, 596a:596b, 597:616, 616a:616b, 617:622, 622a:622b, 623:636, 636a:636b, 637:704, 704a, 705, 705, 707:802, iii-r:iii-v, back-i
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