!['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' [‎31] (248/684)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023553877.0x000001/Per.D.1829_0250.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' [‎31] (248/684)")
'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' [31] (248/684)
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.
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made incursions on every side, and kindled in every
quarter the flames of their selfish cruelty and dis
regard for others : they wholly consumed with fire
whatever provisions they found in the huts of the
helpless. In short, during the blockade they made
two or three assaults on the fort, and a great many
were killed and taken on both sides. Sadik Khan
continued to persevere in his design of taking the
citadel; and the chiefs of Kazwin well knew that the
attainment of this object depended on his defeating
the Kajar nobles and the Sultan distinguished as
Feridun: they therefore had recourse to procrastina
tion and delay, and eagerly looked for the arrival of
the retinue of the sovereign, assisted by Providence.
Through the tyranny practised by his brother Jaafer
Khan in Azarba'ijan, the hearts of the people of
Karajah Dagh became, like tulips, covered with san
guine hues and wounds : in like manner, the festive
bowls of the inhabitants of Tabreez overflowed with
the dregs of oppression from the other brother, Mu-
hammed Aly Sultan : the lower classes, plunderers,
profligates, dissolute characters, and bankrupts, sur
rounded his house, like troops of bats around some
dark vault, and shared amongst themselves the
riches and booty obtained by the army of the mon
arch now reposing in Paradise. The chiefs, the
prudent, and the upright, withdrawing their feet
under the mantle of retirement, looked forward to
the arrival of happiness and the return of tran
quillity. During the blockade of Kazwin, Sadik
Khan detached both his brothers from Tabreez and
Karajah Dagh to take the Fortress of Khoie, which
had been evacuated by the chiefs of the royal army :
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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
- Author
- Abd al-Razzāq ibn Najaf Qulī Maftūn Dunbalī
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