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 1 |
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Aboo Nasir Aga Saikeis Alligator amongst amused ancient appearance Arabian Nights Arabs armed Armenian arrived Artemita Assyria Babel Babylon Babylonian Bagdad banks beautiful boat bricks building built Bushire Bussorah Caliph called Captain Taylor caravanserai chief Chosroes covered Ctesiphon curious dancing Desert Diala distance dress Euphrates European favour feet high females fire formed gardens Giaffer governor guard Herodotus Hilleh horses hundred Illyauts Imaum inhabitants Janizaries jereed journey Kermanshah Kisra Koorna Koote Mahomet Mahometan March Meerza miles morning mound mountains Muscat nearly observed officers ourselves palace party Pasha Pasha of Bagdad passed Persian piastres present remains river robbers round ruins seen Seleucia servants Shehreban Sheikh Shereen Shiahs ship side Sooroot sorah square Strabo Syyud tents Tigris tion told tomb Tower of Babel town traveller tribe Turk Turkish vessels village walls wind women Zobeir