Diary 47 November 1897-August 1898 (XML)

A journal of commercial voyages and domestic life on the Tigris River from November 1897 to August 1898. jms_047_11_1897_010_xml.xml

Diary 47 November 1897-August 1898 (TXT)

A journal of commercial voyages and domestic life on the Tigris River from November 1897 to August 1898. jms_047_11_1897_020_trf.txt

Joseph Mathia Svoboda Tigris River Journal; Diary 47 November 1897-August 1898 (HTML)

Joseph Mathia Svoboda's 19th century journal of commercial voyages, travel, and domestic life on the Tigris River from November 1897 to August 1898. Diary 78, HTML Version. jms_047_11_1897_030_htm.html

Diary 47 November 1897-August 1898 (Summary)

A journal of commercial voyages and domestic life on the Tigris River from November 1897 to August 1898 jms_047_11_1897_040_sum.html

Diary 47 November 1897-August 1898 (TEX)

A journal of commercial voyages and domestic life on the Tigris River from November 1897 to August 1898. jms_047_11_1897_050_tex.tex

Joseph Mathia Svoboda Tigris River Journal; Diary 47 November 1897-August 1898 (PDF)

A journal of commercial voyages and domestic life on the Tigris River, in Baghdad and Basra, from November 1897 to August 1898, kept by traveler Joseph Mathia Svoboda. PDF transcription of the original diary 47. jms_047_11_1897_060_pdf.pdf

Diary 47 November 1897-August 1898 (XLSX)

A journal of commercial voyages and domestic life on the Tigris River from November 1897 to August 1898. jms_047_11_1897_110_arb.xlsx

Diary 47 November 1897-August 1898 (Arabic)

A journal of commercial voyages and domestic life on the Tigris River from November 1897 to August 1898. Arabic translations. jms_047_11_1897_120_arb.html

Diary 47 November 1897-August 1898 (Word List)

A journal of commercial voyages and domestic life on the Tigris River from November 1897 to August 1898. jms_047_11_1897_150_wla.txt

Diary 47 November 1897-August 1898 (CSV)

A journal of commercial voyages and domestic life on the Tigris River from November 1897 to August 1898. jms_047_11_1897_160_csv.csv

Diary 48 August 1898-February 1899 (Summary)

A journal of commercial voyages and domestic life on the Tigris River from August 1898 to February 1899. jms_049_02_1899_040_sum.html

Diary Series Vocabulary

A journal of commercial voyages and domestic life on the Tigris River -- vocabulary in diaries 47, 48, and 49 and the frequency at which words appear.

Diary Series History and Notes

A journal of commercial voyages and domestic life on the Tigris River -- subjects and notes in diaries 47-49.

PDF Lead In To Diary

On the 15th of April, 1897, a 19 year-old European resident of Baghdad, named Alexander Richard Svoboda, set out on a long journey to Europe by caravan, boat and train. From a large and influential family of merchants, artists, and explorers settled in Ottoman Iraq since the end of the 18th century, Alexander traveled in the company of his parents and a departing British diplomat accompanied by his retinue. They followed a circuitous route through the Middle East to Cairo and thence to Europe on a three and a half month journey which Alexander described day-by-day in a journal written in the Iraqi Arabic of his time.

DOC X Lead in to Diary

On the 15th of April, 1897, a 19 year-old European resident of Baghdad, named Alexander Richard Svoboda, set out on a long journey to Europe by caravan, boat and train. From a large and influential family of merchants, artists, and explorers settled in Ottoman Iraq since the end of the 18th century, Alexander traveled in the company of his parents and a departing British diplomat accompanied by his retinue. They followed a circuitous route through the Middle East to Cairo and thence to Europe on a three and a half month journey which Alexander described day-by-day in a journal written in the Iraqi Arabic of his time.