!['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' [‎106] (127/684)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023553877.0x000001/Per.D.1829_0129.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' [‎106] (127/684)")
'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' [106] (127/684)
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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cvi
PRELIMINARY MATTER.
ployed, is always dangerous; and that if " Idleness
is the parent of Evil," be a proverb applicable in the
case of an individual, it is not misapplied when pre
dicated of an army like his own. The walls of
Shiraz, the excavation of its deep and broad fosse,
the beautiful bastions by which the latter was com
manded, and its well-arranged and strongly-built
gateways, exhibited a perfect specimen of Oriental
fortification; and on this great work the troops
were employed. The Vakeel found employment
for the poor, by the erection of a noble and regu
larly-built bazaar, extending, in length, something
between a quarter and half a mile; in the midst of
which was placed a splendid
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
, serving at
once as a custom-house, lodging for merchants,
shops to hold their wares, and, in some measure, as
an Exchange. At one end of a very spacious square
stood a citadel, provided with a deep ditch and
draw-bridge ; in which were contained a treasury,
the mint, the palace, and the seraglio. On the op
posite side of this square was a large and commo
dious gallery for the royal Nokara, or military
music ; on the left hand was the Divan Khoneh, or
Hall of Audience ; on the right, the entrance to the
Bag Shah, or Royal Garden, in which stood a highly-
ornamented building, called the Koolah Fringee, or
European's Hat; because, being triangular, it had
some resemblance to that absurd and comical co
vering for the head, a cocked-hat. Besides these,
Shiraz was indebted to the Vakeel for a noble
mosque, not quite finished when he died; a spa
cious and splendid bath; and an Umbar or reservoir,
of water, capable of supplying in summer the whole
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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).
Condition: there are three fold-out.
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- Per.D.1829
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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'
- 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
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