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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.' [‎235] (308/524)

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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TEHERAN.
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civil title, and Khun is a military one. The title of Khan is creative,
but not hereditary: the sons of Khans are called Aga or Esquire,
which is a Tartar title, and more common to Turkey than to Persia.
The creation of Khan is attended with few ceremonies, and those very
simple. The King sends a kalaat or dress of honour to the person so
created, and on his investiture the King gives him a firman A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’). announcing
to all persons that the bearer of it is forthwith a Khan; and firman A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’).
is worn three days on the top of the turban. Any person who derides
this patent or who refuses to call the bearer of it by his title, is liable
to the penalty of death.
The title of Mirza does not hinder the possessor from receiving that
of Khan also; and then the name runs, for example, thus, Mirza
Hossein Ali Khan.
The different ranks of civil governors are—1st. The Beglerheg, who
generally resides in the large cities, and controuls the province around;
2d. The Hakim; and 3d. the Thauhet, who severally govern a city or a
town: 4th. The Kelounter, who, besides the real governor, resides in
every city, town and village, and superintends the collection of the
tribute: 5th. The Ket Khoda, who is the chief of a village: 6th. The
Fak-kar, who is servant or Hommes d'Affaires to the Ket Khoda, and who
transacts the business with the Ray at or peasant. The Pak-kar accounts
with the Ket Khoda, and he again with the Kelounter.
The Kelounter is a man of consequence wherever he presides; he is
an officer of the crown, and once a-year appears before the Royal pre
sence, an honour which is not permitted to the Ket Khoda. He also
receives wages from the King's treasury, which the Ket Khoda does not.
The Kelounter is the medium through which the wishes and wants of
the people are made known to the King: he is their chief and repre
sentative on all occasions, and brings forward the complaints of the
Ray at s, whenever they feel oppressed. He also knows the riches of
every Rayat, and his means of rendering the annual tribute : he there
fore regulates the quota that every man must pay; and if his seal be
not affixed to the documents which the Rayat brings forward in the
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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.' [‎235] (308/524), British Library: Printed Collections, W 2806, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023686207.0x00006d> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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