'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.' [‎221] (292/524)

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Mahomed Ali should be burnt alive, together with two Hindoos, who
also had incurred his displeasure. The unfortunate Mirzn, oa hearing
his sentence, remonstrated with the tyrant, entreating him that he might
at least be permitted to die alone; and that his last moments might not
be polluted by the society of men, who were of a different faith from
his own, and on whom he had been taught to look with a religious ab
horrence. To this the Shah consented, remitting his death untii the
next morning, whilst the Hindoos suffered in that same hour. That
very night Nadir Shah was assassinated in his tent, and Miuza
Mahomed Ali was saved.
The family of Miiiza Abul Hassan " rose to its greatest power during
the reign of Aga Mohamed Shah , predecessor to the present King.
The Mirzas father died in the service of Keeim Khan ; his uncle
Hajee Ibrahim Khan (uncle by his mothers side) attained the post
of Prime Vizier, whilst himself and the other branches of his family
enjoyed the greatest share in the administration of the affairs of the
state. It was somewhat before the death of Aga Mohamed Shah,
that Hajee Ibrahim bestowed his daughter in marriage on his nephew,
after a long and singular courtship. A sister of his wifes is married
to Mahomed Taki Mirza , one of the Kings sons; and a second
to the Ameen-ed-Doulah, the second Vizier,
The family, however, was not always prosperous; after some time
the King ordered Hajee Ibrahim to be put to death, his relations to
be seized, his wives to be sold, and his property to be confiscated. His
nephews of course partook of the disaster: one was deprived of Ms
sight, and remains to this day at Shiraz; the youngest, then twenty
years of age, died under the bastinado; and the second, Mirza Abul
Hassan , who was then the Governor of Shooster, was dragged to the
capital as a prisoner. The circumstances of his seizure and escape
from death are better described in his own words. He told me, " I was
** asleep when the King's officers entered into my room: they seized
44 me, stripped me of my clothes, and, tying my hands behind my
14 back, dragged me to Kaom y where the King then was; treating me