!['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.' [‎55] (80/786)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023553883.0x000001/X 699 vol. 2_0080.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.' [‎55] (80/786)")
'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.' [55] (80/786)
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THE HISTORY OF PERSIA.
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other words, all Persians who are adverse to the renewal of hosti- chap.xvii.
lities. " Those Sheahs/' he observes, " who are backward on this
" great occasion, and are reconciled to this shameful peace, shall be
" expelled from the faithful sect, and for ever counted among its
" enemies. To slaughter them will be meritorious; to permit their
" existence, impious."
The actions of N^dir corresponded with these declarations. He Nadir sends
deputations to
sent an officer to Constantinople, the duties of whose mission to the constantino-
Emperor Mahmood were limited to this short message: " Restore Ld. B S
" the provinces* of Persia, or prepare for war." A messenger
was deputed to Ahmed, the P4ch4 of Bagdad, to apprise him,
" that the deliverer of Persia" was approaching. A peace had Concludes a
peace with
been concluded with the Russians, by which it was stipulated Russia,
that they should abandon all the conquests they had made on the
shores of the Caspian : and Nadir despatched two officers to that
quarter to see that there was no delay in the execution of this
treaty.
After adopting these measures, Nddir marched to Isfahan. He Marches to
Isfahan.
first upbraided Shah T^mdsp with his conduct in making peace with i6th August,
the Turks, and then pretended to be reconciled to him ; but the scene
of his mock submission to this prince drew to a close. T4m^sp was
invited to the tents of his general to share in the joys of a feast,
which terminated in his being seized, and dethroned-f*. He was sent shah x^masp
is dethroned
to Khorassan. The Mahomedan author J who records these events, and sent to
Khorassan.
* Georgia was the principal province that was alienated by the treaty, and that
part of Aderbijan which lies to the northward of the Araxes.
-j- The twenty-sixth of August.
% Meerza Mehdy's History. Sir William Jones's Works, Vol. V. page 162.
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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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