'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' [‎258] (475/684)

258 dynasty of the kajars.
directions he might receive from the magnanimous
prince; but for ever remain, with firm step and
determined perseverance, in the royal road of loyal
and devoted service.
CHAP. L1X.
AN ACCOUNT OF EVENTS DURING THE YEAR OF THE HEJIRA 1221
(A. D. 1806): THE INCURSION OF AI.Y PASHA An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , GOVERNOR OF
BAGDAD, TOWARDS KERMANSHAH ; AND OF HIS DEFEAT BY THE
TROOPS OF IRAN.
When the solar Jamshid had transferred his abode
from the sphere of Pisces to the porticoes of Aries;
and spring, who is the painter of time, had mode
rated the severity of the cold; when the armies of
heat ascended hills and mountains, and the drums
( l e. the thunder) of the vernal clouds, in the ex
panse of the gloom-overcast skies, sounded in loud
uproar; when the northern breeze, charged by the
rains of spring, put to rout the hosts of December;
and the nightingale, perched on the rose -branch,
pouring forth her thousand melodious strains, ex
pelled the ravens from the garden ; and when, from
the violence of the vernal gales, the surface of the
azure sky became as clear as the mental mirror of
the sage's breast;
" Then the breeze sang its amorous ditty to the rose -garden:
" The gem-scattering shower refreshed the tulip-beds,
" The fragrance of existence revisited the leafless stems, ,
" And the world, renewed in splendor, arose like the bowers o
Paradise—
at that season, the sovereign of the glorious and
triumphant realms sat on his diamond -stucUK'