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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' [‎158] (375/684)

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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158
DYNASTY OF THE KAJARS.
gence of philosophy and jurisprudence, Mirza Mu-
hammed Mehdy of Meshed, the lord of the learned,
the practical theorist, turned his face to the thres
hold founded in justice, to intercede for the poor
and helpless inhabitants of Meshed the Holy. In
the sovereign's Paradise-resembling court he hum
bly presented a request for the liberation of the
famished people from the misery of the blockade:—
" The poor within the fortress have committed no
" sin deserving of the imperial severity, or to cause
the royal indignation : the surrender of the for-
" tress, and the expulsion of Nadir Mirza, habituated
" to treachery, are things beyond the power of the
" weak and indigent inhabitants; the keys of the
" city, and the reins which guide the will of the
" garrison, are in that traitor's hands. What im-
" portant difference would it make, if the world-
" subduing sovereign should for a few months de-
" fer the reduction of the fort, and put off the de-
" struction of Nadir Mirza, devoted to a cruel end,
" until the people having devised some stratagem
" in his affairs, and, extricating the reins of direc-
" tion and power from the grasp of his authority,
" could, by means they well know, and within their
" reach, give up the city to the Ministers of the ever-
" lasting empire, and deliver themselves from the
"terror of Nadir Mirza'e tyranny and severity?
The Ameers of Khorasan also, having confirmed the
statements of this holy personage, guarantied the
fulfilment of the agreement: it was besides evident
to his majesty's enlightened mind, that if the fort
of the holy territory should be taken by storing

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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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English in Latin script
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