By Nile and Tigris : a narrative of Journeys in Egypt and Mesopotamia on behalf of the British Museum between the years 1886 and 1913 . , carpets, etc.,dated from the time of Rawlinson (from about 1840 to1852), and the rest from the time of C. J. Rich, the firstBritish Consul-General of Baghdad (1808 to 1821), I wasvery glad to see such old and fine examples of nativework. I greatly admired the effect of the stained-glasswindows, of which, until then, I had seen no very deep framework for the glass was made ofplaster, and not lead, and as the little bits of colouredglass were of a
By Nile and Tigris : a narrative of Journeys in Egypt and Mesopotamia on behalf of the British Museum between the years 1886 and 1913 . , carpets, etc.,dated from the time of Rawlinson (from about 1840 to1852), and the rest from the time of C. J. Rich, the firstBritish Consul-General of Baghdad (1808 to 1821), I wasvery glad to see such old and fine examples of nativework. I greatly admired the effect of the stained-glasswindows, of which, until then, I had seen no very deep framework for the glass was made ofplaster, and not lead, and as the little bits of colouredglass were of all sorts and sizes, and arranged in all sortsof intricate patterns, the effect was most pleasing. Inthe room in which Rawlinson used to entertain the Walland his notables I saw the diwans on which they sat,and standing before each was a splendid pipe, with astem many feet in length. The stems of the officialstate pipes were beautifully decorated with Persian ^ Many stories are told of him by Rassam, Asshur and the Landof Nimrod, p. 188 ff. On the history of Oudh see H. C. Irwin, Gardenof India, London, 1880. To face p. 230, Yaknb Thaddeiis. 231 enamel, agates, turquoises and silver bosses, and themouthpieces were of old very red amber, bound withsilver. The two most splendid pipes were used by theResident and the Wall Pasha, or someone of higher rank,and the less splendid pipes were used by the less importantnotables, who were always carefully graded by themaster of the ceremonies. From this part of the Resi-dency an arch led over Residency Street to anotherbuilding, which was specially reserved for the harimat,or ladies who belonged to visitors, servants, etc. On our way back to the main building I saw a littleman, wearing a black skull-cap, coming towards us witha batch of papers in his hand. He was advanced in years,and his face was much wrinkled and yellow, but his largedark eyes were bright and keen, and his movements werevigorous. He wore a suit made of some stuff
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