Explorations in Bible lands during the 19th century (1903)
Hilprecht, H. V. (Hermann Vollrat), 1859-1925, Benzinger, I. (Immanuel), 1865-1935, Hommel, Fritz, 1854-1936, Jensen, P. (Peter), 1861-1936, Steindorff, Georg, 1861-1951 · Philadelphia : A. J. Holman · leaf 70
n of a rich Moslem merchant, with whomby way of Urfa and Mardin he travelled to Mosul, adopt-ing the dress, manners, and language of the country for thesake of greater safety and convenience. A few days beforethe caravan reached the Tigris, it was overtaken by twoTurkish Tartars in charge of papers… … DURING 19T11 CENTURY: ASSYRIA AND BABYLONIA 37 sador in Constantinople to Mr. Rich, then English Residentat Baghdad. Buckingham decided at once to profit by theopportunity, so unexpectedly offered, of travelling in com-parative safety through a country in which he had met withso much lawlessness…
