BIB_ID
80166
Accession number
MA 3859
Creator
Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890.
Display Date
undated [1871 or later].
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Rena Bransten and Henry S. Glazier, 1980.
Description
1 item (5 pages) ; 20.4 x 16.1 cm
Notes
In the form of a small booklet, with most of the pages left blank.
Probably intended for an appendix to Unexplored Syria (1871) by Burton and Drake, but not so used.
Probably intended for an appendix to Unexplored Syria (1871) by Burton and Drake, but not so used.
Provenance
Purchased at Sotheby's London (July 21, 1980, lot 104) as the gift of Rena Bransten and Henry S. Glazier.
Summary
Consisting of an account of a trip to the Hauran region of Syria undertaken with C. F. Tyrwhitt Drake on May 24, 1871; describing Rashed Pasha's attack on the Druses in 1870-71.
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