VersionsTravels in Mesopotamia I [English, London, 1827]
Travels in Mesopotamia II [English, London, 1827]
Travels in Mesopotamia -2-
J. S. Buckingham
Henry Colburn
Chapter I
From the plain of Sinjar, by Romoila, to Mousul
July 3d. We quitted our station on the plain, just as the moon was setting, and although we had now an additional escort of eighty well-armed and well-mounted men, our whole party did not exceed in number two hundred persons.
Soon after commencing our night-march, going in a direction of east-south-east, we passed over a deep ravine, filled with large basaltic masses, forming a vein in the earth, like the deep and winding bed of a torrent. The rest of our way was over desert ground, though the whole tract was capable of being rendered highly fertile, being covered with a good soil, and intersected by several small rivulets of water.
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Contents of the second volume
Chap. I. From the Plain of Sinjar, by Romoila, to Mousul / 1
Chap. II. Description of Mousul / 26
Chap. III. Visit to the Ruins of Nineveh, and Journey from Mousul to the River Lycu's / 48
Chap. IV. From Ain Koura, by the ancient Arbela, to Kerkook / 92
Chap. V. From Kerkook, by Kiffree, to Kara Tuppe, or the Black Hill / 123
Chap. VI. From Kara Tuppe, by Delhi Abass, to Bagdad / 147
Chap. VII. Description of Bagdad / 175
Chap. VIII. Excursion to Akkerkoof / 217
Chap. IX. Journey from Bagdad to the Ruins of Babylon / 240
Chap. X. Search after the Walls of Babylon / 296
Chap. XI. Visit to the Tower of Babel and Temple of Belus, or the Birs Nimrood / 359
Chap. XII. Observations made at Bagdad / 400
Chap. XIII. Excursion to the Ruins of Ctesiphon and Seleucia / 437
Chap. XIV. Further Stay at Bagdad / 478
Appendix
Containing a brief statement of the result of certain legal proceedings connected with the literary character of the Author / 553
Travels in Mesopotamıa
Chapter I
From the plain of Sinjar, by Romoila, to Mousul
July 3d. We quitted our station on the plain, just as the moon was setting, and although we had now an additional escort of eighty well-armed and well-mounted men, our whole party did not exceed in number two hundred persons.
Soon after commencing our night-march, going in a direction of east-south-east, we passed over a deep ravine, filled with large basaltic masses, forming a vein in the earth, like the deep and winding bed of a torrent. The rest of our way was over desert ground, though the whole tract was capable of being rendered highly fertile, being covered with a good soil, and intersected by several small rivulets of water.
It was soon after the rising of the Pleiades, or just before the first gleam of dawn appearred, that we formed our halt, at a spot called Romoila, for the sake of filling our vessels with water, as our next stage was to be a night one, through which we might not find any supply of this indispensable provision. This march was intended to be prolonged without a halt, until we should arrive on the banks of the Tigris, in order that we might thus pass over this dangerous plain of Sinjar by night, and escape the prying sight of the Yezeedis under the cover of darkness...
Travels in Mesopotamia
J. S. Buckıngham
Henry Colburn
Henry Colburn
Travels in Mesopotamia
Includıng a journey from Aleppo to Bagdad,
by the route of Beer, Orfah, Diarbekr, Mardin, & Mousul;
with researches on the ruins of Nineveh, Babylon, and other ancient cities
By J. S. Buckıngham
author of travels in Palestine and the countries east of the Jordan;
travels among the Arab tribes; member of the literary societies
of Bombay and Madras, and of the Asiatic society of Bengal.
In two volumes
Vol. II
London
Henry Colburn, New Burlıngton Street
1827
Printed by D.S. Maurice, Fenchurch Street
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