!['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' [‎116] (137/684)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023553877.0x000001/Per.D.1829_0139.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' [‎116] (137/684)")
'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' [116] (137/684)
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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CXVl
PRELIMINARY MATTER.
such a height, as to render him incapable of ap
pearing to his counsellors and troops at those hours
when a king of Persia is expected to do so. His
Minister was a person of eminent sagacity and
judgment; and when the continuance of his mas
ter's life could scarcely be depended on from day
to day, he saw the imprudence of a nearer ap
proach towards the enemy. He lost no time there
fore, on his own responsibility, in issuing orders, in
the royal name, for the army to return to Isfahan:
and though the king breathed his last at Moorcha-
koor, thirty miles from that capital, the wary Mi
nister contrived that the troops should remain igno
rant of the loss they had sustained, till themselves,
the baggage, and the military chest, were lodged
within its walls.
Banker Khan, the governor of Isfahan, when the
death of the sovereign became known, imagined him
self, for a few days, king of Persia; but the arrival in
the capital of Jaafer Khan put an end to his dream:
he fled, and was made prisoner.
I shall beg to pursue the same course with this
reign as I have done with the preceding one; that
is, to pass from the year 1784 to 1787 without mi
nutely noticing the struggles in different parts of
the empire between Jaafer Khan and his rival, Aga
Muhammed Khan.
It is necessary, however, to mention, that the
former had been early obliged to abandon Isfahan,
in consequence either of the treachery or the cow
ardice of the person to whom he had committed the
command of the troops stationed at Koom ; for, on
the approach of Aga Muhammed Khan towards that
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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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- '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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