"سلالة كاجار مترجمة من المخطوطة الفارسية الأصلية ومقدمه من فاتي علي شاه إلى السير هارفورد جونز بريدجيس...ومعها تقرير موجز في البداية عن تاريخ بلاد فارس قبل تلك الفترة موضحة بألواح وخرائط لغربي بلاد فارس" [‎٢‎٥‎١] (٦٨٤/٤٦٨)

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with pellucid and argent-like gems it was in
such a season that the Prince Viceroy revolved in
his exalted mind the utter annihilation of the
Russians; and on the 22d of Zi-kaadeh-ul-Haram,
the waving tresses of the victory-ennobled banners
moved from Tabreez, the seat of royalty, shedding
their perfume by way of Ardebil, in the direction of
Mughan. On arriving at Ardebil (the seat of ortho
doxy), there came a representation from Pir Kuly
Khan, to this purport—" That Askar Khan Afshar,
" conformably to the orders of the fortunate and ex-
" alted Viceroy, had arrived, with a torrent-like
" rapidity, at the fort; that Husain Kuly Khan had
" moved forward to secure the bridge over the
(( ^ ur » ^ iat Pi 1 " Khan had taken post outside
| the Fort of Badkobah, where he had been joined
I h y Shaikh Aly Khan ; that the infatuated Ash-
" pukhdar, through a complete reverse of fortune,
I was now in that district, involved in deep distress
difficulty, as all his carriages had been lost
u l)ro ken to pieces, either through the severity
(( ^ ftlle winter, or by a violent storm which had also
a ^ estro yed the shipping on the Sea of Khazar
(( \ e ' ^ le ^ a spian); so that, from want of provi-
(( 810118 fuel, he had, from all sides, become a
(( ^ utt to tlle archers of want and woe, and a mark
* or the shafts of ruin and calamity." When Ash-
Pukhdar had thus found the gates of remedy and
eiverance closed against him, he was necessitated
0 separate himself from his soldiers, and approached
^ oi t, probably thinking that he could deceive
usain Kuly Khan, by having recourse to bribery,
rises, or threats; and so find either a road for