!['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' [‎145] (166/684)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023553877.0x000001/Per.D.1829_0168.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' [‎145] (166/684)")
'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' [145] (166/684)
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.
cxlv
sions, and Hajy Ibrahim to fear the just and proper
reward of his infamous and detestable treachery.
Unfortunately for the king, the families of all the
principal nobles with him were in Shiraz, and
consequently in the power of Hajy Ibrahim. To
these persons Hajy Ibrahim, therefore, addressed,
and contrived to have delivered, letters, threatening
to exercise on the innocent and helpless the se
verest tortures, if their husbands and fathers did not
desert the king. The effect of these letters was all
that Hajy Ibrahim could have wished or expected.
The camp broke up; the nobles were received into
the city, and many of them confined; and the unfor- *
tunate monarch, with about a dozen grooms and
other servants, fled towards the Dushtistan. The
account of this flight I shall by and bye give, as I had
it from his majesty's own mouth.
Mirza Husain and Mirza Bazurg now returned
into Shiraz. The next day I waited on them ; and
saw the first in his private apartment. The fatigue
and excitement he had undergone had completely
changed his appearance ; so much so, that had I met
him any where else, I should with difficulty have
recognised him. He rose to receive me, and said :
My dear friend ! I am sorry to see you here. I
gave you every caution consistent with my situa-
tion. Had my advice been taken, Hajy Ibrahim
would now be lying in the dungeon of the citadel,
mstead of sitting, as he scandalously does, in the
(( pl ace formerly occupied by the Vakeel, and lately
^ by my noble and brave master; whose courage
and confidence in himself have cost him his
thi one, and, from the manner in which we parted,
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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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- Per.D.1829
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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
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- Abd al-Razzāq ibn Najaf Qulī Maftūn Dunbalī
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