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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' [‎109] (130/684)

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.
C1X
formerly inhabited by the English. On this mission,
Mr. Durnford was sent to Shiraz, whilst Mr. Jervis
was disposing of a cargo of British goods at Bushire.
As the Vakeel was anxious to promote and extend
the commercial interests of his country, Mr.Durn-
ford's mission was favourably received; and he soon
returned to Bushire, furnished with grants from
the Government highly liberal and satisfactory.
In the year 1772, Bagdad and Bussorah were ra
vaged by one of the most direful plagues on record;
by which these great and important cities, and the
districts depending on them, were injured alike in
their population, commerce, and other resources.
Such is the character and nature of the Turkish
Government, that, instead of giving countries, visited
by calamities of this sort, time or assistance to re
cover their former flourishing state—such, I say, is
the nature of the Turkish government, that it con
tinues to levy and extort from a population of sixty
the same sum which before was paid by a hundred;
and such extortion, it may easily be imagined, is
attended with the most crying oppression.
Omar Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , a weak and needy ruler, then held
the government of the great Pashalik of Bagdad and
its dependencies ; and from such a man, under such
circumstances, it is not at all surprising that fre
quent and just causes of complaint should be af
forded to Persia, of the manner in which her
merchants and her pilgrims were treated at Bagdad,
Bussorah, and other places subject to Omar.
Against this conduct the Vakeel made frequent
and spirited representations to the Court of Con
stantinople ; which either treated them with indif-

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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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'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' [‎109] (130/684), British Library: Printed Collections, Per.D.1829, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023866628.0x000083> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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