Personal Narrative of a Journey from India to England, by Bussorah, Bagdad, the Ruins of Babylon, Curdistan, the Court of Persia, the Western Shore of the Caspian Sea, Astrakhan, Nishney Novogorod, Moscow, and St. Petersburgh, in the Year 1824, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1827 - Middle East |
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afternoon ancient Aniran appearance Araxes Armenians Arrian arrived Astrakhan attended Bakoo banks BASTINADO Be-sitoon beautiful breakfast called capital caravanserai Caspian Caspian Sea Chosroes Commandant Concovar Cossack Cossack station costume court dinner Diodorus Siculus distance dress Durbund Elwund English European feet French officers garden Hamadan Hassan Khan honour horses hundred Illyauts Indian inhabitants inscription Isidorus of Charax journey Kalmucks Kermanshah King King's Kizliar late Prince Mæana Mahometan Major Willock Meerza Mehmaundaur miles Mohumud Moolah morning Moscow mountain mounted Nadir Shah naphtha natives night occupied palace party Pasha passed Persian pillars plain population post-house PRINCE GOVERNOR Prince Royal Prince's river road ruins rukum Russian Sarepta sculpture seated Señor Oms sent servant Sheesha Shirvan side spoke stone Suleiman Khan Sultanieh Tabriz tain Tartar Teheraun temple tents tion town traveller tribe valley Veaux versts village walls