!['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.' [‎122] (161/730)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023545670.0x000001/X 699 vol. 1_0163.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.' [‎122] (161/730)")
'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.' [122] (161/730)
The record is made up of 1 volume (644 pages). It was created in 1815. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.
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m THE HISTORY OF PERSIA.
chap . vi. " please her: she may, without danger to herself, give him sufficient
« encouragement to keep hope alive, and love will do all the rest."
The old man promised to lesson his daughter, who played her part
to admiration: and the enamoured prince soon became all that his
father or the nation could wish ; and was as remarkable for his
spirit and intelligence, as he had been before for his dulness and
insensibility*.
Baharam ruled Persia eighteen years. He seems through life to
have preserved the virtues and habits that were early impressed upon
his mind by the precepts and example of the Arabian chief by
whom he was educatedf. His government was more simple and
patriarchal than that of any monarch of Persia. He was, like a true
Arab, enthusiastically devoted to the chase, and delighted in a
wandering life: and it was this disposition that has given rise to
the romance of his visit to India, which would appear an altogether
improbable fable J.
Yezdijird the Baharam was succeeded by his son, Yezdijird the Second j], a
a. d . 438. wise and brave prince, who took the best means of maintaining the
prosperity of his empire, by cherishing the favourite ministers and
officers of his father. During his whole reign, which was eighteen
years, Persian historians only notice one war in which he was
engaged with the Romans. The Emperor of Constantinople had,
* This has a remarkable resemblance to the tale of Cymon and Iphigenia, as told
by our great poet, Dryden. f Zeenut-ul-Tuarikh.
$ The authors of the Ancient History have given this romance in their life of
Baharam.
11 Isdigertes the Second of the Romans. He succeeded to the throne during the
reign of Theodosius the Younger.
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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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- 1 volume (644 pages)
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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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- Malcolm, Sir John
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