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HORMUZD RASSAM (1826-1910)

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 913 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HORMUZD

RASSAM (1826-1910)  , Assyriologist and traveller, was born at
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Mosul of native Christian parents . His first
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work was done as assistant to
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Sir A . H . Layard in his first expedition (1845-47) . He subsequently came to England, studied at Oxford, and was again sent by the
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British Museum trustees to accompany Layard in his second expedition (1849-51) . Layard having entered upon a
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political career, Rassam continued the work (1852–54) in
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Assyria under the direction of the British Museum and Sir Henry Rawlinson at Nimrud and Kuyunjik . In 1866 he was sent by the British government to Abyssinia, where, however, he was imprisoned for two years until freed by the victory of Sir Robert Napier . From 1876 to 1882 he was again in Assyria conducting important investigations, especially at Nineveh, and during the Russo-
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Turkish War he was sent on a
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mission of inquiry to report on the condition of the Christian communities of
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Asia Minor and Armenia . His archaeological work resulted in many important discoveries and the collection of valuable epigraphical evidence . See The Times,
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Sept . 17, 1910 .

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