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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' [‎233] (450/684)

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.
233
insolence, approached the gate of supplication and
repeated entreaty, and presented a petition to his
highness, the model of majesty, requesting an armi
stice of three days, and stating, that after that in
terval, having made his head his feet, he would
hasten to the beneficent shade of the excuse-accept
ing prince, and enjoy the blessing of security and
tranquillity under the protection of his boundless
mercy. The Prince Viceroy, who is the perfection
of innate mercy, granted his request; and the army,
relying on the sincerity of the request, practised
laxity and negligence in the duties of the blockade;
so that the faithless covenant-breaker, taking ad
vantage thereof, fled unexpectedly on the third
night. As soon as the victorious champions of the
Faith received intelligence of his flight, they in
stantly pursued him, and caused several of his fel
low-travellers, by the stroke of their well-tempered
swords, to journey to the abode of destruction : the
Bulkuneck, however, reached Mount Jamarak, the
head of which soars in elevated majesty beyond the
azure sky, and which serves as an asylum and pro
tection to many rebel Armenians from Karabagh.
There he dragged to the shore of safety the shat
tered plank of his existence, which had been assailed
the stormy tempest of war. About this time in-
tormation was received that Ashpukhdar, for the
purpose of assisting the Bulkuneck, had moved with
his whole force from Ganjah, and had halted on the
River Tatar : the Prince Viceroy therefore detached
Ismail Beg, with a body of the brave and ever-victo-
nous troops, to learn the number and description
the Russian force in that quarter. In the course

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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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'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' [‎233] (450/684), British Library: Printed Collections, Per.D.1829, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023866630.0x000031> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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