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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' [‎141] (162/684)

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.
cxli
to go into the garden of Koulah Fringee, to which
I had free admittance; and there I saw the king's
son, a boy about seven years old, with his tutor or
Lala. I would willingly have avoided the little
Prince; but he sent one of his attendants after me,
to desire me to come to him. On coming up to
him, and saluting him, he said: " You are the
" Fringee my father so often talks of. You brought
" him a pretty musical clock : did you bring nothing
" for me ? I shall be king to-morrow, whilst my
" father is away; and you must come to see me, as
" you were used to visit him." I was delighted
with the child, and replied, " What does your high
ness wish for ?" Lala," he replied, " tells me the
" best penknives are made in your country : do give
u me one. And my Dy (i. e. my nurse) says the
" scissors you make are better than ours : pray give
" me also a pair of scissors for Dy." I happened
to have a very fine penknife in my pocket, which I
immediately presented him; and told him, that when
1 went home I would send him two or three more,
and scissors for his Dy. The child, in the gaiety
oi his little heart, exclaimed, " O! you are a good
man!" He kept me walking and talking with him
near an hour; and I never saw a prettier-behaved,
handsomer, or more intelligent child. Strange to
tell, the next time we met was in Azarba'ijan ; him
self a shrivelled eunuch, and a slave; myself the
accredited Minister of my country, to the suc
cessor of the destroyer of his father's house and
throne!
The king had left Shiraz about six days; when
early one morning I heard a noise of a multitude of
people rushing along the street; and very soon

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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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