!['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.' [‎137] (176/730)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023545670.0x000001/X 699 vol. 1_0178.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.' [‎137] (176/730)")
'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.' [137] (176/730)
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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THE HISTORY OF PERSIA.
137
" is established over your persons, not your hearts: God alone can chap . vi.
" penetrate into the secret thoughts of men. I desire that you should
" understand, from this observation, that my vigilance and control
" can extend only over your actions, not your consciences*: my
" judgments shall always be founded upon the principles of
" immutable justice, not upon the dictates of my individual will
" or caprice: and when I shall, by such a proceeding, have
" remedied the evils which have crept into the administration of
" the state, the empire will be powerful, and I shall merit the
" applause of posterity-|V
The conduct of Nousheerwan was at first correspondent with
his professions: but the moment he felt secure in his strength, he
resolved to eradicate the baneful schism of Mazdak. The principles
of the doctrine of this impostor have been already explained. His
faith was at variance with the established worship of the kingdom;
and its fundamental tenet was the annihilation of all property:
anarchy was its certain result: and a monarch like Nousheerwan
could not have required the aid of that resentment, which the insult
he had received, during his father's lifetime, had kindled, to induce
him to adopt every means for the speedy destruction of so dangerous
a religion. But the numbers of Mazdak's followers might have com
pelled him to use artifice; and we cannot altogether reject that
account which represents the just Nousheerwan as having been
forced, by attention to the safety of the state, to stoop to an
* This, no doubt, implied his intention to exercise toleration towards the different
religions that then distracted the empire; and justifies the opinion, that, in the com
mencement of his reign, he temporized with the followers of Mazdak.
t 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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- 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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