!['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' [‎44] (65/684)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023553877.0x000001/Per.D.1829_0067.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' [‎44] (65/684)")
'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' [44] (65/684)
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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xliv preliminary matter.
what afterwards happened, his sons, Aly Mirza and
Ismail, were taken prisoners. Yacoob is supposed
to have been poisoned at Tauris, in the year of
the Hejira 896 ( a. d . 1490). He was succeeded by
his son, Bisancoor; who was stripped of his domi
nions, by his father's former prisoner, Ismail, the
son of Haidar.
I have already stated, that the irruption of Timur
into Western Asia was one of the causes of the future
elevation of Ismail Seffee to the throne of Persia.
This monarch's ancestor, Shaikh Seffee, resided in
those days at Ardabil; and was not only acknow
ledged to be directly descended from the Caliph
Aly, by Fatima the daughter of Muhammed, but
was held in the highest veneration for his peculiar
sanctity of conduct.
Timur entertained for him a prodigious venera
tion and respect: and on his return out of Asia
Minor, he dragged in chains a great number of
prisoners, whom he had made in his wars with
Bajazet, and whom he had resolved to put to death.
In the course of his route, he visited Shaikh Seffee
at Ardabil. At this interview, the proud conqueror
prevailed on the Shaikh to accept a gift from him.
Seffee humanely, and perhaps politically, asked that
the lives of these prisoners might be spared. The
request was granted; and the gratitude of the
prisoners was equal to the benefit they had received:
they made frequent visits afterwards, in bodies, to
Ardabil: they carried to their liberator gifts of much
value; and they promised, and performed, future
service and devotion to the Shaikh and his family.
By means of their descendants, Ismail, the descen-
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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).
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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'
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- 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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