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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' [356] (573/684)
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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356 DYNASTY OF THE KAJARS.
contest in the face of Saturn, and with the grasp of
their strength-trying hands would have rent the
collar of poniard-brandishing Mars,)
" Youths strong as elephants, courageous as lions,
poured a murdering fire from the battlements of
the castle, solid as the heavens*; whilst their breast-
cleaving spears, glowing like fires, emitted bright
scintillations: thus posted, they maintained the
fight: the musketeers of Khorasan, with the prince s
train, the body-guards of Tabreez, and the tiger-
hearted Sarbaz, extended the arm of strength to
repel the Russians : whatever Russian soldier placed
the foot of resolution on the step of the ladder of
Presumption, fell headlong to earth, like a pigeon
in the convulsions of death, by the
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
of the
musket-ball, the messenger of Destiny: the dragon-
mouthed guns roared on every side : the thunders
of the world-astounding artillery exhibited the up
roar of the Resurrection : every brow was wrinkled
by wrath : pity and sympathy started from the
combatants: Humanity, alarmed, fled in haste from
the champions: blood-swallowing Mars, through
terror of the field of battle, threw the robe of Mer
cury over his head: the grasp of the brave seized
the collar of his opponent: Russian heads mounted
in the air, from the blows of the sharp-edged sword,
and their blood flowed from the ramparts: the
breaches of the bastions and curtains of the castle
fell like a torrent in spring:
* If any one who has seen the fortifications of Erivan should
read this epithet, " solid as the heavens," as applied to them, he wi
at once perceive a proof of what I have before noticed ; that is, the
very great delicacy of the ears to which the original was read.
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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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- Per.D.1829
- Title
- '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'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:vii-v, 1:194, 1:462, viii-r:x-v, back-i
- Author
- Abd al-Razzāq ibn Najaf Qulī Maftūn Dunbalī
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