A Journey from Bengal to England: Through the Northern Part of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, and Persia, and Into Russia, by the Caspian Sea, Volume 1R. Faulder, 1798 - India |
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Page 81
... Herat , * a large fortified city in Khorafan , and were preparing to reduce the pro- vince , when they were encountered by Nadir , who totally routed their army ; fifteen thoufand , it is faid , being killed and wounded , and five ...
... Herat , * a large fortified city in Khorafan , and were preparing to reduce the pro- vince , when they were encountered by Nadir , who totally routed their army ; fifteen thoufand , it is faid , being killed and wounded , and five ...
Page 85
... Herat , extends on the north to the vicinity of Nishabor and Turfhish , and on the fouth to the leffer Irak . This prince , whom I have feen , is about forty fix years of age , his person is above the middle fize and rather corpulent ...
... Herat , extends on the north to the vicinity of Nishabor and Turfhish , and on the fouth to the leffer Irak . This prince , whom I have feen , is about forty fix years of age , his person is above the middle fize and rather corpulent ...
Page 86
... Herat ; both of them live in harmony with their father and are esteemed by the people . THE remains of a colony of Armenians , which Nadir Shah had captured in his Turkish war , and established in the nor- thern parts of Perfia , whence ...
... Herat ; both of them live in harmony with their father and are esteemed by the people . THE remains of a colony of Armenians , which Nadir Shah had captured in his Turkish war , and established in the nor- thern parts of Perfia , whence ...
Page 104
... and the faft approach of winter , when the road to Perfia is impaffable , determined me to proceed to Herat ; though I wished much for a few days re- fidence fidence at Kandahar . Aga Ahmed made an agreement with 104 FORSTER'S TRAVELS .
... and the faft approach of winter , when the road to Perfia is impaffable , determined me to proceed to Herat ; though I wished much for a few days re- fidence fidence at Kandahar . Aga Ahmed made an agreement with 104 FORSTER'S TRAVELS .
Page 115
... Herat , three furfungs . The road from Kandahar to Gimmuch leads to the weft or weft by north from thence to Herat , it has I apprehend , nearly a northern course , yet I cannot account for the fudden deviation of the track . The ...
... Herat , three furfungs . The road from Kandahar to Gimmuch leads to the weft or weft by north from thence to Herat , it has I apprehend , nearly a northern course , yet I cannot account for the fudden deviation of the track . The ...
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