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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.' [‎72] (97/786)

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.
His descendant, Baber, had been driven from his own inherit
ance* on the banks of the Jaxartes by the superior numbers of the
Usbegs; but, supported by the attachment of his followers, and
his own great qualities, he first established himself in the country
of Cabul, and then made himself master of the throne of Dehli,
which attained its greatest splendour under his grandson, the
celebrated Ackbar. We may date the commencement of its
decline from the death of that truly great sovereign: but the
appearance, if not the reality, of its former glory was revived
by the art, the wisdom, and the valour, of Aurungzebe-f*, who
was the last prince of the race of Timour that ever enjoyed real
power: for, besides that common cause of dissolution in all such
empires, the turbulence and rebellion of those families of high nobles
who, from the constitution of its government, were intrusted with
great military power, and the charge of distant provinces, a race
of Hindoos had arisen in the southern parts of India, who threat
ened, by their bold and incessant depredations, to retaliate upon
their Mahomedan conquerors all the evils which those had inflicted
upon their ancestors.
The Marhattas, among whom are found the four classes of
Hindoos, derive their name from the ancient appellation of that
region of India of which they are natives. They are, to speak
in the language of modern geography, inhabitants of the Deckan.
They first became formidable in the reign of Shah Jehan: and,
during thirty years that Aurungzebe passed in the southern pro-
The province of Ferghanah. f The great-grandson of Ackbar. J Maharashtra.

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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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1 volume (715 pages)
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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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