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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' [‎71] (92/684)

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.
Ixxi
" believe it proceeded from the ignorance of the phy-
" sicians; for which reason some of them received
u none of the best entertainment already. At length
" it came into the thoughts of some others of the
u physicians, who were afraid for themselves, in
" regard Persia was thus doubly afflicted with
u famine and sickness of the king both at one time,
" it must necessarily be the astrologers' fault, that
" missed the favourable hour when the king should
" have ascended the throne. Thus being troubled
<f at their disgrace, pretending to have no less future
knowledge than the astrologers, who had not
" chosen a true time for the king to ascend the
" throne, they concluded, that, for the perfect re
covery of his health, and of restoring plenty to
^ ^ le na tion, it was necessary to renew the ceremony
" at a lucky hour, and to change his name. This
" P ro position pleased the king and his council. The
^ physicians and astrologers, joining together, ob-
" served the first unlucky day, which would cer-
^ tainly be followed by another that would prove
" fortunate. Now there being among the Gebers *
" some that pretend themselves descended from the
" Rustans, who were ancient kings of Persia and
" Parthia, that very morning one of those Gebers,
setting himself on the throne, with his back against
a wooden figure which represented him to the
^ Hfe, all the grandees of the court came and did him
^ homage as their king, as he had ordered them to
" do. This action lasted till the favourable hour
was come, which happened a little before sunset.
1 hen it was, that an officer of the court came
* Fire-worshippers.

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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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