'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' [‎310] (527/684)

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DYNASTY OF THE KAJARS.
that, to persons thus actuated, every object was at
tainable, and for men so devoted no principles of
war were necessary. When Shah Ismail first ap
peared at the village of Min Jewan, in the district
of Nakhohiman, a thousand such devoted youths
were in his train : and the Shah happening one day
to be on the banks of the Aras, in order to prove
the obedience and devotion of his brave followers,
and to try to what pitch their courage mounted,
threw his whip into the rapid and deep stream:
the whole of these persons, regardless altogether
of risk, rushed into the river, and brought out the
whip. Thus the system of successive ages was at
once departed from, and is at present only uniformly
practised in Europe. According to the maxim,
" Every thing has a tendency to return to its ori
ginal state," it follows, therefore, that in this king
dom the ancient institutions having been established
with the consent and by the desire ot the people ot
Iran, the apparently new order ol battle and the
rules of war should be much and generally wished
for amongst the same people. The consideration
of this matter having been frequently pressed on
the Council at the royal Durbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). , the consequence
was, that supreme decrees and exalted orders were
issued to the Governors of the different districts o
Azarba'ijan, to assemble and levy, in every part ot
the province, brave youths for this service; and also
to equip and train them according to the appi' ou ^
ancient, and orthodox manner. It was like^ ise
regulated, that money, for their pay, provisions
clothing, and all other necessaries, should be regu
larly issued from the Government funds; so that,