See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
JAMES See also:BAILLIE See also:FRASER (1783--1856)
, Scottish traveller and author, was See also:born at Reelick in the See also:county of See also:Inverness on the 11th of See also:June 1783
.
He was the eldest of the four sons of See also:Edward Satchell See also:Fraser of Reelick, all of whom found their way to the See also:East, and gave See also:- PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)
proof of their ability
.
In See also:early See also:life he went to the Wiest Indies and thence to See also:India
.
In 1815 he made a tour of exploration in the Himalayas, accompanied by his See also:brother See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William (d
.
1835)
.
When Reza Kuli Mirza and Nejeff Kuli Mirza, the exiled See also:Persian princes, visited See also:England, he was appointed to look after them during their stay, and on their return he accompanied them as far as See also:Constantinople
.
He was afterwards sent to See also:Persia on a See also:diplomatic See also:mission by See also:Lord See also:Glenelg, and effected a most remarkable See also:journey on horseback through See also:Asia See also:Minor to See also:Teheran
.
His See also:health, however, was impaired by the exposure
.
In 1823 he married a daughter of See also:Alexander Fraser See also:Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee, a See also:sister of the historian See also:Patrick Fraser Tytler
.
He died at Reelick in See also:January 1856
.
Fraser is said to have displayed See also:great skill in See also:water-See also:colours, and several of his drawings have been engraved; and the astronomical observations which he took during some of his journeys did considerable service to the cartography of Asia
.
The See also:works by which ha attained his See also:literary reputation were accounts of his travels and fictitious tales illustrative of Eastern life
.
In both he employed a vigorous and impassioned See also:style, which was on the whole wonderfully effective in spite of minor faults in See also:taste and flaws in structure
.
Fraser's earliest writings are: See also:Journal of a Tour through See also:Part of the Himdi¢ Mountains and to the See also:Sources of the See also:Jumna and the See also:Ganges (1820); A Narrative of a Journey into See also:Khorasan in the Years 1821 and 1822, including some See also:Account of the Countries to the See also:North-East of Persia (1825) ; and Travels and Adventures in the Persian Provinces on the See also:Southern See also:Banks of the See also:Caspian See also:Sea (1826)
.
His romances include The Kuzzilbash, a See also:Tale of Khorasan (1828), and its sequel, The Persian Adventurer (1830) ; Allee Neemroo (1842) ; and The Dark See also:Falcon (1844)
.
He also wrote An See also:Historical and Descriptive Account of Persia (1834) ; A See also:Winter's Journey (Tatar) from Constantinople to Teheran (1838); Travels in Koordistan, See also:Mesopotamia, &c
.
(1840); Mesopotamia and See also:Assyria (1842); and Military See also:Memoirs of See also:Col
.
See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Skinner (1851)
.
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