A Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, in the Years 1808 and 1809 / In Which is Included, Some Account of the Proceedings of His Majesty's Mission, under Sir Harford Jones, Bart. K. C. to the Court of Persia

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SKETCH OF THE COUNTRIES Situated between SHIRAZ and CONSTANTINOPLE; Shewing the ROUTE of HIS MAJESTY’S MISSION under Sir Harford Jones Bar t . in 1809, from Bushire to Teheran; and of M r . Morier from thence to Constantinople. As also the Route of Col. Malcolm, in 1801.
IN WHICH IS INCLUDED,
SOME ACCOUNT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF HIS MAJESTY’S MISSION, UNDER SIR HARFORD JONES, BART. K. C.
TO THE COURT OF THE KING OF PERSIA .
BY JAMES MORIER, ESQ. HIS MAJESTY’S SECRETARY OF EMBASSY TO THE COURT OF PERSIA.
WITH TWENTY-FIVE ENGRAVINGS FROM THE DESIGNS OF THE AUTHOR; A PLATE OF INSCRIPTIONS; AND THREE MAPS; ONE FROM THE OBSERVATIONS OF CAPTAIN JAMES SUTHERLAND: AND TWO DRAWN BY MR. MORIER, AND MAJOR RENNELL .
LONDON : PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, PATERNOSTER-ROW. 1812.
Finding, on my arrival in England, that curiosity was quite alive to every thing connected with Persia, I was induced to publish the Memoranda which I had already made on that country; more immediately as I found that I had been fortunate enough to ascertain some facts, which had escaped the research of other travellers. In this, I allude more particularly to the sculptures and ruins of Shapour ; for although my account of them is on a very reduced scale, yet I hope that I have said enough to direct the attention of abler persons than myself to the investigation of a new and curious subject.
Imperfect as my journal may be, it will, I hope, be found sufficiently comprehensive to serve as a link in the chain of information on Persia, until something more satisfactory shall be produced; and it claims no other merit than that of having been written on the very spots, and under the immediate circumstances, which I have attempted to describe. Having confined myself, with very few exceptions, to the relation of what I saw and heard, it will be found unadulterated by partiality to any particular system, and unbiassed by the writings and dissertations of other men. Written in the midst of a thousand cares, it claims every species of indulgence.