!['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' [‎8] (225/684)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023553877.0x000001/Per.D.1829_0227.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' [‎8] (225/684)")
'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' [8] (225/684)
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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dynasty of the kajars.
As the Almighty, Glorious and Exalted, with the
pen of Omnipotence decreed tranquillity in the
regions inhabited by his servants in this abode of
change and corruption to be effected through the
existence of this Protector of the World, the standard
of equity and justice, belonging to the Supreme
Monarch, was displayed in the regions of Destiny,
by the hands of the Celestial Agents on earth and
heaven : therefore his present majesty, another
Jamsheed, endowed with imperial splendor, who was
called into existence by the
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
of Divine Power
illuminated and embellished this world by his efful
gent appearance, on Wednesday night, the 18th of
Suwal, in the year of the Hejira 1185 (a.d. 1771).
The nurse of Wisdom suckled him with the breast
of Good Fortune, and the guardian of Destiny
bound on his blessed arm the amulet of sovereignty.
The Reciters of Charms belonging to the angelic
world, in order to avert the fascinating eye, repeated
over his perfect beauty this charm:—" Had not grace
" from his Lord reached him, he had surely been
" cast forth naked on the shore ; but his Lord chose
" him, and made him one of the Righteous." (Sale's
Koran.) The Ministers employed in the courts of
Fate and Power, instead of dirhems and dinars,
showered down the sun and moon as presents upon
his auspicious head. When it had been ascertained,
by the tenor of the planetary decrees and the aspects
of the propitious stars, that the child should become
a shining sun in the firmament of Conquest, and the
horizon of Victory should be illumined by his bright
star, they conferred on this cedar of the Garden of
Splendor, and on this fresh branch of the rose -beds
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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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- Per.D.1829
- Title
- '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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