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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.' [‎200] (243/730)

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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200 THE HISTORY OF PERSIA.
chap. vii . trace his descent to Noah, but term him the first sovereign of that
kingdom.
We learn from every cotemporary historian, that the followers of
the prophet of Arabia were so irritated by the obstinacy with which
the Persians defended their independance and religion, that they
destroyed, with bigoted fury, all that could keep alive a spirit they
found it so difficult to subdue: cities were razed; temples were burnt;
the holy priests that officiated in them were slaughtered; and the
Destruction of books, in which were written whatever the learned of the nation
cordTtfTer- knew, either of general science, or of their own history and religion,
si!u were, with their possessors, devoted to destruction. The enthusiastic
Arabian, of this era, knew, and desired to know, no book but the
Koran. The priests of the Persians, who were termed mujous* or
magi, were all considered as sorcerers, and their profane works were
viewed as the implements of their wicked art. For a proof of this
feeling, we have only to refer to the popular tales of Arabia, where
we find every act of wickedness, or of witchcraft, is the deed of a
Gueber, or Gaurf; and that term, which means no more than a
follower of Zoroaster, has, from the impressions it excited at the dawn
of their religion, become synonimous with the reproachful epithet of
infidel over the whole Mahomedan world.
We may judge from the fate of the accumulated manuscripts of
Greece and Rome, how few of the works of a conquered and despised
* This comes from the Persian word mugh, which means an infidel priest: gene
rally applied to the priests of the Guebers, hnt sometimes to Christians. This word is
sometimes used, in Persian poetry, to signify a tavern keeper. This is, however, on y
a metaphorical application of the term.
f Gaur is a corrupt abbreviation of Gueber, as Moal is of Moghul, &c.

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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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