Narrative of a Residence in Koordistan, and on the Site of Ancient Nineveh
With Journal of a Voyage down the Tigris to Bagdad and an Account of a Visit to Shirauz and Persepolis

This two-volume work, first published in 1836, remains an important record of the geography, culture and archaeology of Kurdistan.

Claudius James Rich (Author)

9781108077491, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 25 September 2014

440 pages, 7 b/w illus. 1 map
21.6 x 14 x 2.5 cm, 0.55 kg

Well versed in oriental languages and antiquities, and possessed of an 'insatiable thirst for seeing new countries', Claudius James Rich (1786/7–1821), the East India Company's resident at Baghdad, set out for Kurdistan in 1820 despite his delicate health. Before he succumbed to cholera the following year, he had visited and described many historic locations in present-day Iraq and Iran. His written account has long stood as an important early record of the region's geography, culture and archaeology. This two-volume work was edited by his widow and published, with maps and other illustrations, in 1836. Rich's Narrative of a Journey to the Site of Babylon in 1811 (1839), including his two archaeological memoirs, is also reissued in this series. Volume 2, including descriptions of the site of ancient Nineveh, covers the return to Baghdad. Extracts from various letters give an account of Rich's journeys to Shiraz and Persepolis.

12. Departure from Sulimania
13. The ruins of Nineveh
14. Continuation of the examination of the ruins of Nineveh
15. Visit to the convents
16. Appearance of the country
17. The sword of Yazid
18. Departure from Mousul
19. Departure from Baghdad
Letters 1-5
Appendix.

Subject Areas: Archaeology by period / region [HDD]