!['The History of Persia, from the most early period to the present time: containing an account of the religion, government, usages and character of the inhabitants of that kingdom. By Colonel Sir John Malcolm, KCB, KLS Late minister plenipotentiary to the court of Persia from the supreme government of India. In two volumes.' [‎8] (29/786)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023553883.0x000001/X 699 vol. 2_0029.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'The History of Persia, from the most early period to the present time: containing an account of the religion, government, usages and character of the inhabitants of that kingdom. By Colonel Sir John Malcolm, KCB, KLS Late minister plenipotentiary to the court of Persia from the supreme government of India. In two volumes.' [‎8] (29/786)")
'The History of Persia, from the most early period to the present time: containing an account of the religion, government, usages and character of the inhabitants of that kingdom. By Colonel Sir John Malcolm, KCB, KLS Late minister plenipotentiary to the court of Persia from the supreme government of India. In two volumes.' [8] (29/786)
The record is made up of 1 volume (715 pages). It was created in 1815. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.
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THE HISTORY OF PERSIA.
chap . xvi. dom, by the inhabitants of which he and his people were detested,
n ot only on account of the ravages they had committed, but from
the difference of their language, their manners, and their religion.
When the reputation of his arms was at the highest, these
alarming considerations had operated with great force upon his
mind, and had rendered him wavering and undecided even in
the moment of victory: now that he saw his bravest troops dis
heartened, and his enemies elated with triumph, he appears to have
become distracted with apprehension. The male population of
Isfahan and its suburbs alone, was still in a proportion of more than
twenty to one to the Affghans. The probable revolt of the capital
seemed the most immediate danger, and Mahmood resolved to re
move it by measures which could only have occurred to a mind that
was as cowardly as it was cruel and savage.
Massacres On the day of Amdn-tiMh's return, all the Persian ministers and
the Persian • • i i
nobles and principal lords, except one or two*, were invited to a feast. About
children. three hundred came; and the moment they arrived, the signal was
given for their massacre-f : not one escaped : and the tyrant was so
relentless, that he even refused mercy to a youth of twelve years of
age, the son of the Waly of Georgia, who had fled for protection to
one of the principal Affghan chiefs, by whom he had been adopted.
The bodies of all these nobles were exposed on the grand square
before the palace, that the inhabitants might see and tremble. But a
* The prime minister, Mahomed Kooli Khan, was spared, because his brother had
assisted the Affghans at Kazveen; and Lootf Aly Khan was not put to death on this
occasion.
t This dreadful massacre took place on the twenty-fifth of January, 1723.—
K rusinski's Memoir, page 263.
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The History of Persia, from the most early period to the present time: containing an account of the religion, government, usages and character of the inhabitants of that kingdom. By Colonel Sir John Malcolm, KCB, KLS Late minister plenipotentiary to the court of Persia from the supreme government of India. In two volumes.
The book, in two volumes, is written by John Malcolm and contains illustrations.
Publication Details: London : printed for John Murray, Albemarle Street, and Longman and Co., Paternoster-Row, by James Moyes, Greville Street, MDCCCXV [1815]
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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There is a table of contents at the beginning (v-vii) and an index at the end of the volume (639-715).
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Conditioning: the book is made of two volumes, this is the second.
Dimensions: 320 mm x 265 mm.
Pagination: vii, [1], 715, [1] p., [11] leaves of plates.
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- 'The History of Persia, from the most early period to the present time: containing an account of the religion, government, usages and character of the inhabitants of that kingdom. By Colonel Sir John Malcolm, KCB, KLS Late minister plenipotentiary to the court of Persia from the supreme government of India. In two volumes.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:vii-v, 1:44, 44a:44d, 45:114, 114a:114d, 115:160, 160a:160d, 161:262, 262a:262d, 263:314, 314a:314d, 315:522, 522a:522h, 523:524, 524a:524h, 525:596, 596a:596d, 597:602, 602a:602d, 603:716, viii-r:ix-v, back-i
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- Malcolm, Sir John
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