By Nile and Tigris : a narrative of Journeys in Egypt and Mesopotamia on behalf of the British Museum between the years 1886 and 1913 . al tomb was covered by a large cupola, and was very hand-some. It was erected by Jeconiah, King of Judah, and the 35,000Jews who accompanied him. The modem tomb which Loftus saw in1853 contained two vaulted apartments, the roof of the outer onebeing supported by heavy columns. The sepulchre was a largewooden box of considerable age, 10 feet long and 4 high, and it wasdecorated with English chintz and httle red and green flags. Thevaulted ceiling was decorated
By Nile and Tigris : a narrative of Journeys in Egypt and Mesopotamia on behalf of the British Museum between the years 1886 and 1913 . al tomb was covered by a large cupola, and was very hand-some. It was erected by Jeconiah, King of Judah, and the 35,000Jews who accompanied him. The modem tomb which Loftus saw in1853 contained two vaulted apartments, the roof of the outer onebeing supported by heavy columns. The sepulchre was a largewooden box of considerable age, 10 feet long and 4 high, and it wasdecorated with English chintz and httle red and green flags. Thevaulted ceiling was decorated with scrolls of gold, silver and into one corner was an old Hebrew Pentateuch, supposed tohave been written by Ezekiel himself. A lamp burnt day and nightin the Tomb, and is said to have done so since Ezekiel hghted it,though fresh oil and wicks have been supplied when necessary. SeeLoftus, Chaldcsa and Susiana, London, 1857, p. 35 ; and Layard,Nineveh and Babylon, p. 500. According to Ibn Batutah (ed. Defremery,iii, 62), there was a tomb of Ezekiel at Balkh. ^ II Viaggio air Indie Orientali, Venice, 1683, p. 94. 203. 1. Bab MadLiidem 2. Bab Wusla-ni 3. Tcjism i. Karolo^ Kap 5. Bab Dsjusser 6. Batteries 7. Pashas PaJace 8, Maddraese el el GhassoJ Bey 204 Niebuhrs Description of Baghdad. century is that of C. Niebuhr, who pubhshed a map ofthe city, and copies of all the principal Arabic inscrip-tions. ^ It may be thus summarized : Baghdad, in the province of Khalis, lies on the eastbank of the Tigris, and is governed by a Pasha of thefirst rank. On the land side there is a wall, much ofwhich is in ruins. The town proper, which is close tothe river, and the part containing the Sarayah or palace,and the bazars, are well built. Its population is com-paratively large. The streets are narrow, and the bazarsroofed over, and at night many of the side streets areclosed. The houses are built of burnt brick, are tolerablyhigh, and have few windows looking int
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