!['The History of Persia, from the most early period to the present time: containing an account of the religion, government, usages and character of the inhabitants of that kingdom. By Colonel Sir John Malcolm, KCB, KLS Late minister plenipotentiary to the court of Persia from the supreme government of India. In two volumes.' [‎18] (57/730)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023545670.0x000001/X 699 vol. 1_0059.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'The History of Persia, from the most early period to the present time: containing an account of the religion, government, usages and character of the inhabitants of that kingdom. By Colonel Sir John Malcolm, KCB, KLS Late minister plenipotentiary to the court of Persia from the supreme government of India. In two volumes.' [‎18] (57/730)")
'The History of Persia, from the most early period to the present time: containing an account of the religion, government, usages and character of the inhabitants of that kingdom. By Colonel Sir John Malcolm, KCB, KLS Late minister plenipotentiary to the court of Persia from the supreme government of India. In two volumes.' [18] (57/730)
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CHAP. III.
His marriage.
He is taken
and brought
before
Zohauk.
Is put to death.
Zohauk sove
reign of Persia.
His descent.
Supposed
to be the
Nimrod of
the Hebrews.
THE HISTORY OF PERSIA.
conqueror, who was deemed by all, the instrument of divine venge
ance. The wanderings of the exiled monarch are wrought into a tale,
which is among the most popular in Persian romance. His first
adventure was in the neighbouring province of Seistan*, where the
only daughter of the ruling prince was led, by a prophecy of her
nurse, to fall in love with him, and to contract a secret marriage:
but the unfortunate Jemsheed was pursued through Seistan, India,
and China, by the agents of the implacable Zohauk, by whom he was
at last seized, and carried before his cruel enemy like a common
malefactor. Here his miseries closed: for, after enduring all that
proud scorn could inflict upon fallen greatness, he was placed-f
between two boards, and sawn asunderj with the bone of a fish.
There are various accounts of the descent of Zohauk, who now
became the sovereign of Persia. According to some historians ||, he
was an Arabian, but descended from Kaiomurs: others trace his
descent to Shedad, and term him a Syrian; and it has even been
conjectured that he was the Nimrod of the Hebrews. All agree
in one fact, that he was of a cruel and sanguinary temper. He
is described as having had two dreadful cancers on his shoulders.
* Called also Zabulistan, which is the ancient name of this province.
f Zeenut-ul-Tuarikh.
% Such is the most popular account of the reign of this prince; regarding whom,
however, authors differ very widely. We are told by Ferdosi, that his reign lasted
seven hundred years. The same author adds, that when the news of his death reached
the Court of Seistan, his distracted widow put an end to her existence with poison:
but she left a son, whose descendant, Roostum, became the boast and glory of his
native country.
|| Zeenut-ul-Tuarikh.
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The History of Persia, from the most early period to the present time: containing an account of the religion, government, usages and character of the inhabitants of that kingdom. By Colonel Sir John Malcolm, KCB, KLS Late minister plenipotentiary to the court of Persia from the supreme government of India. In two volumes.
The book is written by John Malcolm and contains illustrations. There is a large map at the beginning 'Map of Persia and adjacent countries for Sir John Malcolm's History of Persia'.
Publication Details: London : printed for John Murray, Albemarle Street, and Longman and Co., Paternoster-Row, by James Moyes, Greville Street, MDCCCXV [1815]
Ownership: With stamps of the East India Company Library and India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Library.
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There is a preface and a table of contents at the beginning (vii-xxii).
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Conditioning: the book is made of two volumes, this is the first one.
Dimensions: 320 mm x 265 mm.
Pagination: xxii, [2], 644 p., [12] leaves of plates (1 folded).
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- 'The History of Persia, from the most early period to the present time: containing an account of the religion, government, usages and character of the inhabitants of that kingdom. By Colonel Sir John Malcolm, KCB, KLS Late minister plenipotentiary to the court of Persia from the supreme government of India. In two volumes.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1:24, 1:186, 186a:186d, 187:254, 254a:254h, 255:256, 256a:256b, 257:258, 258a:258p, 259:422, 422a:422d, 423:504, 504a:504d, 505:524, 524a:524d, 525:644, v-r:vi-v, back-i
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