. Travels and researches in Chaldæa and Susiana; with an account of excavations at Warka, the "Erech" of Nimrod, and Shúsh, "Shushan the Palace" of Esther, in 1849-52 .. . BiJglid^d and the Tigris. of those shining domes does not excite at least some sparkof emotion. Who is there that does not recall that citywhere the lively imagination of his youthful days was wontto revel amid palaces shining in splendour, groups of blindbeggars, and the glories of the khalifat 1 Who is therethat does not exclaim, Is this the Baghdad of Harunu-r-Eeshid and the ^Arabian Niolits 1 Alas ! how fallen!.The blind
. Travels and researches in Chaldæa and Susiana; with an account of excavations at Warka, the "Erech" of Nimrod, and Shúsh, "Shushan the Palace" of Esther, in 1849-52 .. . BiJglid^d and the Tigris. of those shining domes does not excite at least some sparkof emotion. Who is there that does not recall that citywhere the lively imagination of his youthful days was wontto revel amid palaces shining in splendour, groups of blindbeggars, and the glories of the khalifat 1 Who is therethat does not exclaim, Is this the Baghdad of Harunu-r-Eeshid and the ^Arabian Niolits 1 Alas ! how fallen!.The blind beggars, it is true, still cluster in the bazaars,and are met at every corner of the streets—the miseryand filth remain—but where are the palaces and thejustice of the Prince of the Faithful 1 Few relics of itsquondam magnificence survive to remind us of the single minaret, a couple of gateways, the wall of acollege, and the conical tomb of the beautiful Zobeid,are nearly all that exist of Baghdad as it was in the daysof its gi-eatness. To the just khalif has succeeded a raceof Tuikish pashas having no interest but their ownaggrandizement—no thought b
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