'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' [‎36] (57/684)

xxxvi preliminary matter.
It has already been stated, that the result of the Para
battle of Nihawend put an end, in fact, to the Sassa- mam
nian empire; notwithstanding partial struggles after
wards took place against the invaders, in vaiious
provinces. Major Price, in his valuable " Memoirs e11
of Muhammedan History," observes : " That many )"
" formidable insurrections, in different parts of the ^
" Persian territory, evinced, on a variety oi occa'
" sions, that abhorrence of foreign dominion, ad
" regard for the religious rites of their ancestors
" which continued to animate the disciples of Pyro ^ ^
" latry, until repeated discomfitures, massacre, anc
" expulsion, succeeded in blending at length, with.
« very trifling exception, the vanquished with thei ^
" oppressors, under the united and powerful sway o:
" the Koran." kno;
The battle of Nihawend took place m the year o
the Hejira 21 ( a.d .642) ; and from that period, unt ^
the successful usurpation of Yacoob -ibn-Lais-e.
Suffar, the completion of the conquest of the coun ^
try, and the government of it, were committed to tti
care and management of various Lieutenants noni
nated by the caliphs of Bagdad. Amongst thest ^
the name of Taher, surnamed, by the Caliph, A ^
Mamoon Zul Yemeen, which may be translate ^ ^
" ambidexter," is pre-eminent. ca li|
Taher was the son of Husain, the son of Mussal ^ een
the son of Zobair; which last was one of thos Ismj
whom the Caliph Omar, on his death-bed, recon to ^
mended, or rather mentioned, to the Faithful in at ^.
tendance on him, as worthy to succeed him; siik vei>e
he had often heard the Prophet himself declare, tfo ^
Zobair was expressly designated for a place £