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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' [‎32] (53/684)

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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xxxii
PRELIMINARY MATTER.
each day had the advantage of being joined by fresli ol
reinforcements; and that the battle, at last, was or
probably decided by the accident of the whirlwind. sti
The enumeration as well as the quality of the na
plunder which fell into the hands of the Arabs, aftei ris
the victory, cannot but remind us of what Quintus dis
Curtius relates of that which, after the battle oi ass
Issus, fell into those of Alexander : " Sed jam ills thi
" quoque hostis victor intraverat omni quidem opu- sta
" lentia ditia. Ingens auri argentique pondus not cal
" belli sed luxuriae apparatum diripuerant militesint
and one is amused, not astonished, perhaps, (coil' sta
sidering the ignorance and contempt of the Arabs fe 0
at that time for articles of luxury,) that there shoulc ap 1
be found amongst them persons offering to exchangt w h
gold for silver, and bartering both metals largelj
against articles held in little estimation by others*.
In the pursuit of the vanquished, the standard oi in
Persia, borne by a nobleman named, according to ^ ^
the Arabs, Taleinus, fell into the hands of tb a ^ 0
fl
victors; and appears, in the division of the bootj ie
whi
* The real Bedouin, or Desert Arab, remains to this day ver ^ ^
much in the same state of i<morance, as to the value affixed b;
• • • o 7 ^ SHTY
the civilised world to the precious metals and precious stone;
After the capture and plunder of Kerbla by the Wahhabee-
several persons from Bagdad repaired to their camp, to traffic will
them. This traffic, on the part of the Bagdad people, was carrie
on in the exchange of cloth, and other necessary articles, agab
gold, jewels, and silver, on the part of the Wahhabees. On thei niGl
return to Bagdad, I saw several of the speculative adventurers, ^ "J
told me the strangest stories imaginable of the bargains they to , „
had the good fortune to make. Tacitus, de Mor. Germ., assert ( -
that the rude tribes of Germans preferred silver to gold; and giv^ afto
a reason for it:—" Argentum quoque magis quam aurum sequut ,
tur nulla affectione animi, sed quia numerus argenteorum facilic
usui est, promiscua ac vilia mercantibus."

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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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1 volume (448 pages)
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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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