Elphinstone, Mountstuart, 1779-1859 (Scottish statesman and historian)

Scope and Contents A travelogue written for the British traveler, Claudius James Rich (1787-1821), by Sayyid Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-Ḥasanī al-Munshī al-Baghdādī.The journey described was made in 1235/1820, beginning in Baghdad after Rich was forced to leave the city by the Ottoman governor Davud Pasha. It mostly occurs in western Iran and Kurdistan, including Kermanshah, Sanandaj (Sana), Mosul, Karkuk and Erbel, and then gives more succinct information about Mesopotamia, ending in...