!['The dynasty of the Kajars translated from the original Persian manuscript presented by His Majesty Faty Aly Shah to Sir Harford Jones Brydges ... to which is prefixed a succinct account of the history of Persia previous to that period illustarted with plates and a map of Western Persia' [‎13] (34/684)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023553877.0x000001/Per.D.1829_0036.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'The dynasty of the Kajars translated from the original Persian manuscript presented by His Majesty Faty Aly Shah to Sir Harford Jones Brydges ... to which is prefixed a succinct account of the history of Persia previous to that period illustarted with plates and a map of Western Persia' [‎13] (34/684)")
'The dynasty of the Kajars translated from the original Persian manuscript presented by His Majesty Faty Aly Shah to Sir Harford Jones Brydges ... to which is prefixed a succinct account of the history of Persia previous to that period illustarted with plates and a map of Western Persia' [13] (34/684)
The record is made up of 1 volume (448 pages). It was created in 1833. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.
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( xiii )
PRELIMINARY MATTER.
SECT. I.
When I first determined to offer to the public
notice the following Translation, I did not think of
accompanying it by any thing more than such Notes
as I imagined might amuse the Reader or elucidate
the Text. A little reflection, however, satisfied me
that it might not be amiss to take a wider range : in
consequence of which, the following Preliminary
Matter has been compiled.
In entering on the Ancient History of Persia, of
which it does not come within my scheme to give
more than a precis, I must immediately acknow
ledge the use I have made of that part of Malcolm's
copious work; and also avow, how sincerely I con
sider such as are interested about Persian and Indian
History or Politics to be indebted to him for his
useful, entertaining, and well-arranged labours on
those subjects : and if, in the course of any thing I
shall have occasion to publish in the present pages,
I differ from him in opinion, it will always (except
on facts) be with a degree of respect for his know
ledge of the matter in hand. From the authorities
he quotes in his History of Persia, he appears to
have perused and examined many and various
Arabian and Persian authors who have written on
Versia. Some of these I, also, have been formerly
acquainted with; and I am not aware that in other
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The dynasty of the Kajars translated from the original Persian manuscript presented by His Majesty Faty Aly Shah to Sir Harford Jones Brydges ... to which is prefixed a succinct account of the history of Persia previous to that period illustarted with plates and a map of Western Persia.
Publication Details: Sutherland, London : John Bohn, 1833.
The book is a translation by Harford Jones Brydges of Maʾāsir-i Sulṭānīyah by ʿAbd al-Razzāq ibn Najaf Qulī, contains illustrations and two maps representing 'Part of Azerbaeejan'
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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Dimensions: 223 mm x 140 mm.
Pagination: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-cxci); (1-448).
Condition: there are three fold-out.
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- Per.D.1829
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- 'The dynasty of the Kajars translated from the original Persian manuscript presented by His Majesty Faty Aly Shah to Sir Harford Jones Brydges ... to which is prefixed a succinct account of the history of Persia previous to that period illustarted with plates and a map of Western Persia'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:vii-v, 1:194, 1:462, viii-r:x-v, back-i
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- Abd al-Razzāq ibn Najaf Qulī Maftūn Dunbalī
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