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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' [115] (136/684)
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.
CXV
This wanton and unexpected barbarity towards
the prince his nephew, and the profligate and op
pressive conduct of his three sons, alienated from
Sadik Khan the hearts of his former friends; and
they willingly opened their gates to Aly Morad
Khan, who, after what had happened at Yezdikhast,
had pursued his march towards Shiraz. The person
of Sadik Khan, and three of his sons, soon fell into
the victor's hands; and he, without scruple or re
morse, immediately caused their eyes to be plucked
out. A fourth son of Sadik Khan's, who was at this
time absent from Shiraz, found means to make his
peace with his relation; and we shall see him, by
and bye, figure on the stage, as a formidable com
petitor for the throne.
These transactions bring us to the year 1781: and
I vvill not trouble the reader with an uninteresting
account of marches, leaguring of petty towns, and
other proceedings of no great general interest, which
took place, on the part of Aga Muhammed Khan, to
increase his power; or on the part of Aly Morad
Khan, to check it; but at once relate, that, in the
year 1784, Aly Morad marched with such a force
from Isfahan, that, had he lived to employ it as he
intended, he would in all probability have reduced
the Kajars to nearly the same state as that in which
they were during the reign of the Vakeel.
fhe health of Aly Morad, in consequence of
excessive drinking, had for some time been de
clining; and he was now seriously afflicted with a
dropsy on the chest. From the fatigue of the march,
aided perhaps by anxiety of mind, the disease, as
he approached Mazenderan, rapidly increased to
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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).
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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'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:vii-v, 1:194, 1:462, viii-r:x-v, back-i
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- Abd al-Razzāq ibn Najaf Qulī Maftūn Dunbalī
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