A Journey from London to Persepolis: Including Wanderings in Daghestan, Georgia, Armenia, Kurdistan, Mesopotamia, and Persia; with Numerous Coloured Illustrations, Volume 2Hurst and Blackett, 1865 - 345 pages |
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ancient appearance Arabs Armenian arrived ascend Baghdad bank bas-relief bazaars Bazouks bricks building built Bushire Caimacam called canal caravan caravanserai centre Chaldæan charvadars colour court covered crossed decay Demetri descended desert Diarbekir dilapidated distance edifice Erzeroum excavated farsakhs feet Fetteh gardens ground hand height hills horses Hosein Imam inhabitants inscriptions Ispahan journey Julfa Kashan Kazeroun Kerbelah Khan king Kurds leaving lofty miles minarets mosque Mosul mound mountains mules Nakhsh native night Nimrûd Nisibin Nuwaub once Ormazd ornamented palace Pasha passed Persepolis Persian plain platform Prophet remains residence river road rocks rode roof rubbish ruins Sassanian Scheikh Adi Schiraz sculptures seemed seen Shah Shah Abbas short side Sir R. K. Porter snow standing stone stood stream summit supposed surrounded Tabreez Teheran Tekrit Tigris told tomb towers town travellers Turkish Turks valley village visited walls Yezeedis