See also:CLAUDIUS 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:RICH (1787-1821)
, See also:English traveller and See also:scholar, was See also:born near See also:Dijon on the 28th of See also:March 1787
.
His youth was spent at See also:Bristol
.
He See also:early See also:developed a See also:gift for See also:languages, becoming See also:familiar not only with Latin arid See also:Greek but also with See also:Hebrew, See also:Syriac, See also:Persian, See also:Turkish and other Eastern See also:tongues
.
In 1804 See also:Rich went to See also:Constantinople, where, and at See also:Smyrna, he stayed some See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time, perfecting himself in Turkish
.
Proceeding, to See also:Alexandria as assistant to the See also:British See also:consul-See also:general there, he devoted himself to Arabic and its various dialects, and made himself See also:master of Eastern See also:manners and usages
.
,On leaving See also:Egypt he travelled by See also:land to the Persian Gulf, disguised as a See also:Mameluke, visiting See also:Damascus, and entering the See also:great See also:mosque undetected
.
At Bombay, which he reached in See also:September 18o7, he was the See also:guest of See also:Sir 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:Mackintosh, whose eldest daughter he married in See also:January 18o8, proceeding soon after to See also:Bagdad as See also:resident
.
There he began his investigations into the See also:geography, See also:history and antiquities of the See also:district
.
He explored the remains of See also:Babylon, and projected ,a See also:geographical and statistical See also:account of the pashalic of Bagdad
.
The results of his • See also:work at Babylon appeared first in. the See also:Vienna serial Mines de l'orient, and in 1815 in See also:England, under the See also:title Narrative of a See also:Journey to the Site o f Babylon in a8x.r
.
In 1813–14 Rich spent some dine in See also:Europe, and on his return to Bagdad devoted himself to the study of the geography of See also:Asia See also:Minor, and collected much See also:information in Syrian and Chaldaean convents concerning the See also:Yezidis
.
During this See also:period he made a second excursion to Bahylon, and in 182o undertook an extensive tour to See also:Kurdistan—from Bagdad See also:north to Sulimania, eastward to Sinna, then- See also:west to See also:Nineveh, and thence down the See also:Tigris to Bagdad
.
The narrative of this journey, which contained the first accurate knowledge (from scientific observation) regarding the See also:topography and geography of the region, was published by his widow under the title, Narrative of a See also:Residence in Koordistan and on the site of See also:Ancient Nineveh, &c
.
(See also:London, 1836)
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In 1821 Rich went to Basora, whence he made an excursion to See also:Shiraz, visiting the ruins of See also:Persepolis and the other remains in the neighbourhood
.
At Shiraz he died of See also:cholera on the 5th of See also:October 1821
.
His See also:fine collections of See also:manuscripts and coins was See also:purchased by the British Museum
.
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