TRAVELS

IN

MESOPOTA M I A.

IN

MESOPOTAMIA.

INCLUDING A

JOURNEY FROM ALEPPO, ACROSS THE EUPHRATES TO ORFAH,
(THE UR OF THE CHALDEES,)

THROUGH THE PLAINS OF THE TURCOMANS, TO DIARBEKR,

IN

ASIA MINOR;

FROM THENCE

TO MARDIN, ON THE BORDERS OF THE GREAT DESERT,

AND

BY THE TIGRIS TO MOUSUL AND BAGDAD:

WITH

RESEARCHES ON THE RUINS OF BABYLON,

NINEVEH, ARBELA, CTESIPHON, AND SELEUCIA.

BY J. S. BUCKINGHAM,

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.

LONDON:

HENRY COLBURN, NEW BURLINGTON STREET.

1827.

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ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST ORNAMENTS OF HER SEX AND STATION,

THIS VOLUME OF TRAVELS IN MESOPOTAMIA,

PERFORMED SOON AFTER QUITTING HER HOSPITABLE RESIDENCE IN SYRIA,

IS GRATEFULLY DEDICATED, AS A MEMENTO OF THE HIGH RESPECT

AND UNAFFECTED ESTEEM

OF HER OBLIGED AND FAITHFUL FRIEND,

THE AUTHOR.

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