Travels and Researches in Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, Chaldea, and Armenia
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- Author: William F. Ainsworth
- Date Published: June 2016
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The surgeon William Ainsworth (1807–96) acted as the geologist of the 1835 Euphrates Expedition, his account of which is also reissued in this series. Great interest was aroused by the scientific and archaeological findings of that journey, and the Royal Geographical Society helped to fund a further expedition, ostensibly to make contact with the Nestorian Christians of the region, but covertly to make further mineralogical investigations. Ainsworth was the leader of the expedition, and his two-volume account was published in 1842. Starting from Istanbul in 1839, he took a route through Asia Minor, northern Syria, Kurdistan, Persia and Armenia, returning to Istanbul in 1840. The expedition was not regarded as a success, as Ainsworth had massively overspent the budget originally allotted by the sponsors, and his secret activities were discovered by the Ottoman authorities, but the work remains a vivid account of the area.
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- Date Published: June 2016
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108081009
- length: 806 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 141 x 47 mm
- weight: 1.1kg
- contains: 1 map
- availability: Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
Volume 1: Introduction
1. Suburb of Constantinople
2. Ismid
3. The hero's stone
4. The hollow rock
5. Upland of Iflani
6. Virgin's castle
7. Town of Osmanjik
8. Town of Changri
9. A French instructor of cavalry
10. Quit Angora
11. Deserted mines and foxes
12. Utch Ayak
13. Christians of Nev Shehr
14. Koch Hisar
15. Iron village
16. Kaiseriyeh
17. Viran Shehr
18. Start from Derendah
19. Passage of the Taurus
20. Vale of Gergen Kafehsi
21. Retrospective
22. Town of Birehjik
23. Prisoners of water
24. Position of the Turks turned by the enemy
25. Line of retreat. Volume 2:
26. Roads rendered dangerous by the revolted Kurds
27. Journey from Sivas to Tokat
28. Start from Amasiyeh
29. Delay at Constantinople
30. Seyyid el Ghazi
31. Misis, ancient Mopsuestia
32. Journey across northern Mesopotamia
33. City of Mosul
34. Start for Al Hadhr
35. Reception by the Shammar Arabs
36. Start for Kurdistan
37. Fortress of Amadiyeh
38. Approach to the Tiyari country
39. Berdizawi
40. The Chaldeans as a nation
41. Chaldeans not papists
42. Start from Julamerik
43. Start from Urimiyeh
44. Town of Rowandiz
45. Chaldean village of Al Kosh
46. Castle of Konakti
47. Collision with the Kurds
48. Armenians of the district of Mush
49. City of Erzrum.
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