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'A General Sketch of the History of Persia' [‎169] (220/636)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (563 pages). It was created in 1874. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.

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THE MONGOL DYNASTY.
169
Hulaku-Khari died at Maraghah in the year 1264,
and was interred in the same tomb with his beloved
wife, Dukuz-Khatun, just outside the town. During
the first years of his reign he was the lieutenant of the
Tatar Khan, but on the death of his brother Mangu,
he assumed independent sovereignty.
HulaM retained the pure theism of his grandsire,
and, though practising an enlightened tolerance both
towards Christians and Muslims, he never embraced
either of their religions. He was succeeded by his son
Abaka-Khan.
AMka was a wise, able, and prudent prince, and
strove to remedy the evils caused by the conquests of
his father. Baghdad, especially, partially recovered its
prosperity under his rule. He encouraged learning,
and the great poet Sa'ady was presented to him. The
poet JaMu-'d-Din Eumy also frequented his court.
His warlike achievements were confined to the expul
sion of a Tatar army from Khurasan, and their defeat
near Herdt
He married a daughter of the Greek Emperor,
Michael Palasologus, and is strongly suspected of having
been himself a Christian. It is certain that just before
his death in 1282, he celebrated Easter Day with the
Christians at Haraadan. 1
1 JyITerheht, vol. i. p. 5 (art. ' Abaka').
Not many years after Abaka's death, the Gospels were translated
into Persian. A Persian manuscript version of the Four Gospels
was in the possession of Dr. Pococke, and was dated a. d. 1314.
It was first printed in the London Polyglot, by Bishop Walton.
Another Persian version of the Gospels was edited by Pierson, at
London, in a.d . 1652—7, after a collation of three manuscripts. It

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A General Sketch of the History of Persia by Clements R Markham.

Publication Details: London : Longmans, Green, and Co., 1874 Printed by Spottiswoode and Co., New-Street Square and Parliament Street

Physical Description: Octavo. Contains one map.

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1 volume (563 pages)
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This volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings and page references. Each chapter heading is followed by a detailed breakdown of the contents of that chapter.

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Dimensions: 230mm x 150mm

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English in Latin script
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