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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.' [‎273] (342/730)

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. ^
from the court of Nousheerwan*. Whatever treasures in science chap. vii.
and learning the ancient Persians might have possessed, are lost or
destroyed-f*: and it will not appear illiberal to conclude, that the
reputation of the country has owed much to a loss, which has given
rise to a regret that is disposed to magnify the value of what it can
not hope to recover.
The ancient Persian must, from his climate and food, have been
athletic and strong, and of good personal appearance. An author
of just fame J, who has probably taken his comparison from some of
the oppressed followers of Zoroaster, who still remain in that
country, and whose very looks have been changed by their hard
condition, has pronounced that the former inhabitants of this
kingdom were inferior to the modern, whose beauty of frame
has, he conceives, been improved by the blood of the Georgians,
Circassians, and other nations with whom they have intermingled.
But, if we are to judge from the descendants of the ancient Persians
* Gibbon.
t I never have been able to hear of the existence of any work in the ancient
Pehlivi that could be deemed historical. Sir John Chardin informs us, that Abbas the
Great made every possible search after manuscripts in that language; and that he
actually put one of the priests of the Guebers to death in consequence of his disap
pointment. The collection made by this monarch amounted to twenty-six volumes;
and Chardin informs us, that they were lodged in the Royal Library at Isfahan. The
respectable traveller gives us a plate, said to be taken from these volumes: it only
exhibits a specimen of the kufick and arrow-headed characters. He also states, that a
Gueber read to him, for three months, out of a book relating to their religion and
usages, said to have been written in the time of Yezdijird. I can have no doubt that
this was one of their books of Rowayat, or ordinances, of which the Gueber priests at
Yezd, and at Bombay, have several. J Sir J. Chardin.
vol. i. 2 n

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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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