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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' [‎65] (86/684)

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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PRELIMINARY MATTER.
Ixv
every now and then, at some of the greater cere
monies of their Church ; from which, however, he
seldom returned to his palace without a drunken
bout with his Christian subjects, in which his wine
was often stained with lust and blood.
The greater part of the provinces of the kingdom
of Persia depend principally, for their agricultural
and horticultural productions, on artificial irrigation;
and it is not to be denied, that, in the different works
constructed for this important purpose, his country
was most highly indebted to Abbas. I have always
admired, and admitted, the justness of Swift's re
mark—that " the man who can make two blades of
grass grow where only one grew before, does more
real good to his country than the whole race of
scheming politicians." And though Abbas's grand
design, to afford Isfahan a more abundant supply of
water than it then possessed, failed in its execution,
it would be a crying injustice to his memory, not to
lemark, and applaud, the benevolence, the magni
ficence, and grandeur of the project.
Abbas died in January 1628, at a palace which he
had built, and in which he delighted much to reside,
in the province of Mazenderan, not far distant from
the shore of the Caspian Sea: and though he at
tained the age of seventy, his death is said to have
been hastened by the ravages of a disease, the cure
of which either the physicians had not skill enough
to effect, or the patient not faith enough in their
Medicine to allow them to attempt.
Of the character of Abbas I have already ex
pressed my wish that the reader should form his
estimate; but I cannot deny myself the plea-

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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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English in Latin script
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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' [‎65] (86/684), British Library: Printed Collections, Per.D.1829, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023866628.0x000057> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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