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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.' [‎74] (99/786)

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 . xvii. though fond of power, was also devoted to pleasure. The chief
rival of this minister was Nizam-ul-mulk, the Subadar, or Viceroy
of the Deckan, who had been called to court with no friendly view,
and to whose experience and wisdom his monarch had not resort
till the danger became imminent and alarming. This nobleman
has been accused of having invited the Persian monarch to invade
India. There is, however, no proof of this fact; nor can we assign
any reasonable motive for such traitorous conduct in one of the first
and most powerful omrahs of the empire: but imputed treachery
is ever the shield with which incompetence and cowardice seek to
defend themselves. The real truth was, that the distracted and des
picable Court of Dehli, sensible of their own weakness, tried to per
suade themselves that Nddir would not advance. They had formed
an exaggerated opinion of the strength of Candahar, and the valour
of its defenders; and when they learnt its fall, they expected the
Persian monarch would return to his own dominions. Even when
they heard he was at Cabul, they still thought some event might
compel him to retire; and this stupid infatuation was hardly dis
pelled by hearing that he had crossed the Indus. Roused, however,
at last to a sense of the great danger with which the empire was
threatened, Mahomed Shah, attended by his court, and all the
fhfhTouits tr00pS he COUld collect » marched to the plain of Karnal, a village
an army, and situated on the right bank of the Jumna river, about a degree to the
proceeds to _ 0
Karnal. northward of Dehli, where he surrounded his camp with entrench-
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a. h. 1151. nients, on which were mounted a useless train of heavy artillery.
mdirs rapid The progress of Nadir from Cabul to India was rapid and
and success- *
fulprogress, successful: almost all the governors of the principal provinces
a. h . ii6i. through which he passed, anticipated the fate of the empire by

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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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