'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' [‎95] (312/684)

DYNASTY OF THE KAJARS.
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urged the steed of victory on to Herat, at length
pitching his tents outside that city (beautiful as Pa
radise). During twenty days he employed every
exertion to capture the city ; but still the beloved
object of desire, standing behind the curtain of
Destiny *, removed not the veil from her face; and
the Afghans, who had joined Mahmud Mirza, now
permitting themselves to be seduced by the lures of
Kaisar Mirza, plundered his camp, and afterwards
dispersed themselves. When Mahmud Mirza, from
the revolution of varying fortune, beheld his faithless
mistress reconciled to the enemy of his prosperity,
his colour became changed, the standard of his for
tunes sunk, his face was purpled with tears of blood,
and he fled with precipitation. Mir Aly Khan Ka'iny
also drew off his forces, and directed his march to
Ka'in. Kamran Mirza in like manner, greatly dis
appointed, retired from Ferah to Yezd; and repre
sented, by letters to the just court, the events which
had occurred. The year before, when the banners
distinguished by victory had been unfurled in the
direction of Khorasan, Jehangir Khan of Gulpaijan
was ordered by the sovereign command to Yezd (the
abode of true worshippers), to conduct Firooz and
Kamran towards Herat; so that on the victorious
sovereign's arrival in that region, the governors of
Khorasan, pursuant to the decrees resembling those
* This figure is by no means confined to the Persian, but is to
be met with, not unfrequently, in the Bible:—
" The Virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and
laughed thee to scorn:
" The Daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee."
2 Kings, xix. 21.
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