!['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' [‎48] (69/684)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023553877.0x000001/Per.D.1829_0071.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' [‎48] (69/684)")
'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' [48] (69/684)
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.
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
xlviii
PRELIMINARY MATTER.
" heaven, so there ought to be but one king on
" earth." He died in 1523, and was succeeded by
his eldest son,
*
SHAH TAHMASP.
On the death of Ismail, the tranquillity of several
parts of his dominions was disturbed by an irruption
of the Uzbeg Tartars; but the most formidable
enemy the new monarch had to oppose, was Sulei
man, emperor of the Turks, surnamed The Magni
ficent. Suleiman penetrated Persia, with a great
force, as far as Tauris, the capital of the province
of Azarba'ijan ; which city he took, and sacked, in a
most relentless manner. He afterwards proceeded
to Sultaniyah; and whilst encamped on that beau
tiful plain, his army experienced a storm so dreadful,
that no parallel to it is mentioned in Persian
History: he then withdrew from Persia, and took
up his quarters at Diarbekr, leaving behind him
17,000 men, as a sort of rear-guard. Tahmasp
attacked and defeated this body of troops, and then
recaptured Tauris. To prevent the future incur
sions of the Turks, the Persian monarch adopted a
measure, of all others the most distressing to a
humane prince : he devastated, for many leagues,
the Persian frontier towards Turkey.
Ismail had reduced Georgia to the condition ot a
tributary State ; and Tahmasp, taking advantage of %
the dissension between the sons of Luarzab, prince
of Karduel, or Eastern Georgia, on their fathers
death contrived to get both these princes into bis
power. The elder he confined in a fortress near
the Caspian, whilst he artfully prevailed on David,
the younger, to change his religion. This done, be
About this item
- Content
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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (448 pages)
- Physical characteristics
Dimensions: 223 mm x 140 mm.
Pagination: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-cxci); (1-448).
Condition: there are three fold-out.
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
'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' [48] (69/684), British Library: Printed Collections, Per.D.1829, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023866628.0x000046> [accessed 19 April 2024]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023866628.0x000046
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023866628.0x000046">'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' [‎48] (69/684)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023866628.0x000046"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023553877.0x000001/Per.D.1829_0071.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100023553877.0x000001/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- Per.D.1829
- Title
- '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
- Author
- Abd al-Razzāq ibn Najaf Qulī Maftūn Dunbalī
- Usage terms
- Public Domain