FRASER, James Baillie.
Travels in Koordistan, Mesopotamia, etc.
Travels in Koordistan, Mesopotamia, etc.
with sketches of the character and manners of the Koordish and Arab tribes.
Stock Code 98927
London, Richard Bentley, 1840
A tour from Persia to Shahrizor, Kifri, Baghdad, the Euphrates and back.
'One of the earliest accounts of life in Kurdish villages. The narrative is in the form of letters to someone in England. There is a very interesting account of events after Fath Ali Shah's death, the succession of Mohammed Shah and the intrigues and claims by his rivals' (Ghani).
First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, viii, 382; ix, 477pp., engraved frontispiece to each volume, later green pebble-grained cloth, morocco labels, tiny chip head of spine vol i, old illegible signature to verso of frontispiece with slight show through to recto else a clean fresh copy in very good condition.
Ghani 142.
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