IN

MESOPOTAMI A.

INCLUDING A

JOURNEY FROM ALEPPO, ACROSS THE EUPHRATES TO ORFAH,
(THE UR OF THE CHALDEES,)

THROUGH THE PLAINS OF THE TURCOMANS, TO DIARBEKR,

IN

ASIA MINOR;

FROM THENCE

TO MARDIN, ON THE BORDERS OF THE GREAT DESERT,

AUTHOR OF TRAVELS IN PALESTINE AND THE COUNTRIES EAST OF THE JORDAN;
TRAVELS AMONG THE ARAB TRIBES; MEMBER OF THE LITERARY SOCIETIES OF BOMBAY AND MADRAS,
AND OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL.

LONDON:

HENRY COLBURN, NEW BURLINGTON STREET.

1827.

Grant.
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Librarian
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LONDON:

PRINTED BY D. S. MAURICE, FENCHURCH STREET.

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THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LADY HESTER

LUCY STANHOPE,

ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST ORNAMENTS OF HER SEX AND STATION,

THIS VOLUME OF TRAVELS IN MESOPOTAMIA,

PERFORMED SOON AFTER QUITTING HER HOSPITABLE RESIDENCE IN SYRIA,

IS GRATEFULLY DEDICATED, AS A MEMENTO OF THE HIGH RESPECT

AND UNAFFECTED ESTEEM

OF HER OBLIGED AND FAITHFUL FRIEND,

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THE AUTHOR.