!['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.' [‎766] (866/905)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023550132.0x000001/IOL_1947_C_142_0868.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.' [‎766] (866/905)")
'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.' [766] (866/905)
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INDEX.
Hierapolis, or Bambyce, or Magog (now
Munbedj), 420
Hieromiace or Jarmuk and Sheriat-el-Mand-
hur (affluent of the Jordan), 401, 513
Hijaz, the, or Belad-el-Hebesch, 596
, limits and features of, 594
, coast of, or Djar, 596
, generally barren, 596
Hijra (in the mosque at Medina), 599
Hillah, town, ruins of Babel, 57, 116
Himalaya mountains, 74
Himyaritic, kingdom (of Yemen), 656
Hindea, lake (near Babylon), 105
Hindi, or Ethiopians, 281
Hindu Kush (or Indian Caucasus), 74
Hiobdon, plain of Daghestan, 132
Hirah, district, taxes, &c., 257
Hirran, mountain (in San'a district), 619
Hisar-Anlu, town and remains (in Boli dis
trict), 321
Hisn Keifa (in Mesopotamia), 111
Mansur, town, or Adiyaman, once Car-
banum (in Mar'ash pashalik), 350
Hissarjik -village, and New Ilium, 317
Hit, town (on the Euphrates), 54, 110
——, bitumen about, 75
Hittites (westward of the Jordan), 539
Hobah of Scripture, possibly Aram Zdbah
(N. of Syria of Damascus), 540
Hodeida town and harbour (of Tehameh),
described, 612
, country between Lohayah, 612
, government of, 612
Hodheyl, tribe and hamlets (near Tai'f), 608
Hoiran, lake (in Hamid district), 337
Hdl, Holi or Hauli (affluent of the Khabur),
51
Holwan, river (in Zohab district), 34
, ruins of, 119, 216
, district taxes of, 256, 257
Horayb, village (of El Kassym, district of
Nedjd), 629
Hormuz (Ormuz), isle of, 229
, extent and surface of, 229
, port and position of, 229, 230
, once a Himyaritic kingdom, 231
Hormuzd, the good principle, 85
riorse of Arabia, 585
, five noble breeds of the, 585
, food of the, 585
, pedigree of, handed down from father
to son, 586
, pedigree traced from the mare, 586
, prevailing colours of the, 586
Hosea, tomb of, or Neby Osha (near Szalt),
517
Houses in Asia Minor, described, 369
Houta,or garden ofpalms(in Jdf-es-Syrhan),
627
Howaiyah, town of Jaffea (district of Ara
bia), 635
Howra, village of Senhan (district of Ara
bia), 615
Huleb, 'Bahr-el, lake, or waters of Merom
(Upper Jordan), 399
Hummus, a kind of vetch grown in Syria
537
Humreck, island (in the Red Sea), 571
Hums or Homs (ancient Emessa), 522
•, valley of (on the Upper Orontes), 394
Hurkary, camel in Asia, the hajm of Arabia,
and the dromedary of Scripture, 583
Hussein, Jebel, island (near Bahrein), 649
Tell (on the plain of Haonran), 511
Hussiab, plain in El Woschem (district of
Nedjd), 629
Huts and tents of the Arabs, 673
Huzarah country, or the two districts of Ba-
miyan and Ghoraut (in Afghanistan), 164,
172
, villages of, 164
, pastoral wealth of, 165
■ , Deh Zangee, capital of, 169
-, cuneiform inscriptions of, 169
, tribe of, 176
Hyatti, village and remains (in El Lowa),
504
Hycsos, or Ethiopians who passed into
Africa, 281
Hyda or Hyde of the first Asia (probably
near Sardis), 311
Hydaspes river (flowing from the Bulut
Tagh), 161
Hyllus or Hermus (flowing through the
Katakekaumene), 310
Hyrcania (now a province of Aster-abad),
225
Ibrab, town, in Ja'ilan district (of 'Om'an),
642
Ich-ili, district (of Asia Minor), position,
&c., of, 352, 355
, temperature of, 358
Ichthyophagi, ancient people (of Gedrosia),
185
Ida, mount, or Kaz Tagh (in Mysia), 288,
316
Id-dens and other sections of the Chaab
people, 251
Ihram, or pilgrim's wrapper, 604
'Ikta'ah,or captured lands, 253
Ilahfyah, 'Ali, sect of, 88,143
Ilik Tagh, a branch from the Olgassys (to
wards Kastamum), 6,287
Ilium, site of (atBunar bashf), 316, 317
New, ruins of, 317
Iliyats and their flocks, 78
—-, state of property and occupations, 248,
249
, origin of, 248
, population of, 252
, revenue of, 252
Flijeh-su, tributary of the Kharza-chai, 18
Imam of Maskat, 653
Ah', town (in Lower Chaldea), 94
Dnr, Saint's tomb (on the Tigris),
27, 30
Imams, the twelve (of the Shi'ahs), 86
I'maryeh, or Jebel A'aridh (mountains in
Nedjd), 627
Imiretia, Caucasian province, 148
, extent and position, 148
, inhabitants of, 149
, rivers of, 149
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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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