'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' [‎105] (126/684)

PREUMINARY MATTER.
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ferred on the traitor to whom it was promised; the
treasures amassed by the Kajar, taken possession of;
and seven of his sons delivered to Kerim Khan.
Although I have said that Persia enjoyed under
this amiable prince nineteen years of tranquillity, it
must be understood that this period was sometimes
interrupted by factious cabals of discontented chiefs;
but, after the reduction of Lutf Aly Khan, never in
such a manner as to give the Vakeel (the title which
Kerim Khan assumed) serious uneasiness, or to
prevent him pursuing an unrestrained course of
improvements and embellishments in his kingdom.
The inhabitants of the southern provinces of
Persia, and the people of the different tribes who
wander through those provinces, as well as the
Arabs settled in the Dushtistan, had been so faithful
and so useful to the Vakeel at all times and on all
emergencies, that his resolution to establish the
future seat of his government in that part of the em
pire was rather expected than wondered at; but,
independently of such consideration, it would be
difficult to find, throughout Persia, a plain more
fertile or more beautiful than the one in which
Shiraz stands. To this favourite city, in 1775, the
Vakeel returned, and never again left it till his death.
His time here was uniformly spent in promoting the
interests and welfare of his people, both at home
and abroad.
Perhaps no monarch, in the same space of time,
ever bestowed on a city more useful, more orna-
niental, and, according to the taste of the Persians,
more beautiful buildings than the Vakeel erected at
'^uraz. He was aware, that a large army, unem-