'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' [‎108] (129/684)

CviU PRELIMINARY MATTER.
was by the noble and merciful spirit which once
animated those reliques that his own life for many
years had been spared. It is painful to add, that
whatever part of these buildings the vengeance of
the eunuch spared, or the good taste and mild nature
of his nephew, the present king, took pleasure in
repairing and restoring, the wrath of Heaven, by an
earthquake, has within these few years nearly en-
gulphed or demolished.
The rapid succession of rulers after the death of
Nadir Shah had obliged the gentlemen in charge of
the English commercial establishments in the inte
rior of the kingdom to put their employers to fre
quent and heavy expenses, on the score of presents;
whilst the decay of trade afforded no extraordinary
profits to meet them. In consequence, orders had
been sent from England, to withdraw such interior
establishments, and to confine our commercial inter
course with Persia to the Port of Gambroon; where
our factors had fixed themselves, after the capture
of the Island of Ormus; and where privileges had
been granted to them by Shah Abbas, greater in
name than effect. As early however, in the govern
ment of Kerim Khan, as 1763, Mr. Price, who was
then chief at Gambroon, and had the management
of the East-India Company's affairs in the Persian
Gulf, considered the political state of affairs to be
sufficiently settled to justify a hope that the com
merce with the interior might be renewed with ad
vantage. Two gentlemen, therefore, of the name
of Jervis and Durnford, were despatched, to settle,
if possible, a factory An East India Company trading post. at Bushire; and to apply
for the restitution of the factory An East India Company trading post. -house at Shiraz,