TRAVELS

FROM

INDIA TO ENGLAND;

COMPREHENDING A

VISIT TO THE BURMAN EMPIRE,

AND

A JOURNEY

THROUGH

PERSIA, ASIA MINOR, EUROPEAN TURKEY, &c.

IN THE YEARS 1825-26.

CONTAINING A

Chronological Epitome of the late Military Operations in Ava; an Account of the Proceedings of the present
Mission from the Supreme Government of India to the Court of Tehran, and a Summary of
the Causes and Events of the existing War between Russia and Persia ;

WITH SKETCHES OF NATURAL HISTORY, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS,

AND

ILLUSTRATED WITH MAPS AND PLATES.

BY JAMES EDWARD ALEXANDER, Esq.

LIEUT., LATE H.M.'s 13th LIGHT DRAGOONS,

AND ATTACHED TO THE SUITE OF COLONEL MACDONALD KINNEIR, K. L. S., ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY
TO THE COURT OF TEHRAN.

W YORK

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR PARBURY, ALLEN, AND CO., LEADENHALL STREET.

ΤΟ

MAJOR-GENERAL

SIR ALEXANDER BRYCE,

KNIGHT OF THE ROYAL HANOVERIAN GUELPHIC ORDER,

OF THE ORDER OF ST. FERDINAND AND MERIT,

AND OF THE MOST HONOURABLE MILITARY ORDER OF THE BATH,

DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL OF FORTIFICATIONS,

&c. &c. &c.

THIS WORK

IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED,

BY

HIS AFFECTIONATE NEPHEW,

THE AUTHOR.