Travel Writings of H. C. Rawlinson

by: H. C. Rawlinson

Topics: Travel, Travel literature, Travellers, History, Historical, Ancient, Cuneiform, Geography, Middle East, Near East, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Armenia, Armenians, Assyria, Assyrians, Assyriology, Jews, Jewish, Kurds, Kurdish, Russia, Russians, Syriac, Turks, Turkey, Turkish, Ottoman Empire, Islam, Muslims, Christianity, Christians, Religion, Beliefs, Persecution, Intolerance

Collection: folkscanomy_academic; folkscanomy; additional_collections

Language: English

Travel Writings of H. C. Rawlinson, in 258 searchable and bookmarked pdf pages. A Wikipedia entry (Sir Henry Rawlinson) describes his life and works. Rawlinson, a British army officer, Orientalist, and spy, travelled extensively in the Caucasus, Mesopotamia, and western Iran from 1836 to the early 1840s. He was proficient in modern Persian and also was able to transcribe the ancient cuneiform Persian of the Behistun inscription. In addition to authoring several works on Assyrian and Persian antiquities, he wrote these three articles (published in Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London) based on his visits. They combine accounts of his travels with observations on the past and present history of the areas. Contents: 1. Notes on a March from Zohab, at the Foot of Zagros, along the Mountains to Khuzistan (Susiana), and from Thence Through the Province of Luristan to Kirmanshah, in the Year 1836; 2. Notes on a Journey from Tabriz, Through Persian Kurdistan, to the Ruins of Takhti-Soleiman, and from Thence by Zenjan and Tarom, to Gilan, in October and November, 1838; With a Memoir on the Site of the Atropatenian Ecbatana; 3. Memoir on the Site of the Atropatenian Ecbatana (1840). Compiled by Robert Bedrosian.