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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' [‎242] (459/684)

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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242 dynasty of the kajars.
departure from Akhastafeh-i-Kazy towards Erivan.
During this march, a body of empty-brained, infa
tuated, silly Cossacks formed the plan of inter
cepting the resistless, unsuspecting torrent (i. e. the
prince), and by such an act to exhibit their attach
ment to the Russians, and thus free themselves
from the imputation of sincerity or zeal to the
eternal empire, and, by such an attempt, stop all
future inquiry or punishment by the Russians of
their past conduct: it was with this design they
formed this plan, and attempted to execute it.
From the station of Akhastafeh-i-Kazy to Juka'i in
Erivan is a distance of eighteen parasangs : the coun
try is entirely mountainous, covered with large and
closely-interwoven trees, so that until this time a
great army had never passed by that route : there
the Cossacks posted themselves in ambush, among
mountains, where a clear space of ground to stand
upright on could scarcely be found ; but if by chance
such a space was discovered, they cut down large
trees and piled them across the tract, so as com
pletely to block up the passage against the army of
the difficulty-surmounting Viceroy. The prince,
however, placing his reliance on the mercies of the
Creator, on the Holy Spirit (i. e. Mohammed) of the
Lord of the Righteous, and of his heroic successor
Aly, and the pure Imams, proceeded with all his bag
gage and stores by that route, which even a single
person found difficult to proceed in, from the quantity
and closeness of the trees : and so excellent were the
prince's arrangements, that the army did not to e
behind them a single article worth naming: but,

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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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