"سرد لإقامة في كردستان وفي موقع نينوى القديمة؛ مع مذكرات رحلة إلى بغداد عبر نهر دجلة ووصف زيارة إلى شيراز وبرسبوليس." [‎٢‎٢‎٥] (٤٥٠/٢٦٠)

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tion here, and the Persians almost consider him in
odour of sanctity. I found him an extremely polite,
intelligent, gentlemanlike old man. He is full of
the spirit of his art, and is passionately fond of
dowers. This Iranian Vin Huymm never works
now ; and it is almost impossible to procure a spe
cimen of his pencil. They are bought up at any
price by the Persians. He has not even preserved
a specimen for himself, yet by great good fortune
I have got one exquisite little painting of his for
you.
September 11.—News from Bushire. The cho
lera is raging there, and carries off thirty persons
a day. It is all over the Ghermaseer; and Mr. Stur-
mey, on his way down, saw the road from Burauz-
goon to Bushire strewed with dead bodies. The
Liverpool frigate, which had arrived at Bushire,
lost three lieutenants in fifteen hours. The surareon
and a great part of the crew we hear are also dead;
and she has been obliged to officer herself out of the
cruizers, all of which have lost part of their crews.
At Bussora it has carried off seventeen thousand
persons. In short, the news is melancholy in the
extreme. Now every thing has happened for the
best with respect to us! There seems to be a parti
cular providence watching over us, and we ought to
be for ever grateful.
Pilgrims have just arrived from Bagdad in thirty-
seven days. All is in confusion there, and a Per-
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