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'A Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, in the years 1808 and 1809, in which is included some account of the proceedings of his Majesty's Mission, under Sir Harford Jones, Bart., to the Court of the King of Persia. With twenty-five engravings from the designs of the author; a plate of inscriptions; and three maps.' [‎216] (287/524)

The record is made up of 1 volume (438 pages). It was created in 1812. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.

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216
TEHERAN.
to Persian etiquette, I ought to have worn it for the three days following
the investiture.
In the evening we went to the Prime Ministers, and were shewn the
Treaty with France, signed and ratified at Finkenstein, by Buona
parte, in May 1807. It was written on vellum, in a beautiful French
hand, and inserted in a cover of black velvet, curiously and elegantly
wrought with a spread eagle at each corner, and the initial N in the
centre, in a wreath of gold embroidery. The Great Seal was pendant
from it, inserted in a plain gold box. The treaty was countersigned
by Talleyrand; and by Maret, the Plenipotentiary appointed to
treat with Mirza Reza, the Persian Plenipotentiary. I copied this
document (consisting of fourteen articles) in the room, and as we went
away, the Minister sent the Envoy the Commercial Treaty, which con
tained twenty-eight articles.
The 6th was observed as a holiday among the Persians, as the
commemoration of that, when Hossein's head, which had been severed
from his body by Yezid at Kcrbelai, was buried, after an interval of
forty days.
The affairs of Persia are conducted with a publicity which would ill
accord with the diplomacy of Europe. As that stipulation, which
was the surest evidence of the permanent dispositions of the Court, re
mained unfulfilled; the Envoy on the 9th of April dispatched, by
Jaffer Ali Khan and myself, an official note on the subject to the
Ministers, which he desired them to lay before the King. We carried
it to the Der a Khoneh Shah, or gate of the King's palace, where there
are offices for the Ministers and Secretaries to transact the business of
the state; and where they assemble every day to be ready whenever
the King may call them. Here we seated ourselves in the public room
among all the officers of the court, waiting for Mirza Sheffeea,
and the Ameen-ed-Doulah, who were then before the King. In a
back room were men counting money; in that, in which we sat, were
the Chief Secretary, Mirza Reza, and Ismael Beg Damgaunee,
(the King's favourite, and commander of the body-guard) and several

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A Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, in the years 1808 and 1809, in which is included some account of the proceedings of his Majesty's Mission, under Sir Harford Jones, Bart., to the Court of the King of Persia. With twenty-five engravings from the designs of the author; a plate of inscriptions; and three maps.

Publication Details: London : Longman, 1812.

Physical Description: xvi. 438 p. ; 4º.

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'A Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, in the years 1808 and 1809, in which is included some account of the proceedings of his Majesty's Mission, under Sir Harford Jones, Bart., to the Court of the King of Persia. With twenty-five engravings from the designs of the author; a plate of inscriptions; and three maps.' [‎216] (287/524), British Library: Printed Collections, W 2806, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023686207.0x000058> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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