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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.' [‎85] (110/786)

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.
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Persians. The drolls and players of the capital began, immediately chap.xvii.
after they went away, to amuse their countrymen with a ludicrous
representation of their own disgrace; and the fierce looks and savage
pride of their conquerors, which had been so late their dread, became,
in these imitations, one of their chief sources of entertainment.
Ncidir remained at Dehli fifty-eight days. Before he quitted it, NMir'sadvic®
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he had a long and secret conference with Mahomed Shah, in which and his officers
it is supposed he gave him such counsel as he deemed best, to enable quitting Dehli.
him to preserve that power to which he was restored. To all the
nobles of the court he spoke publicly, and warned them to preserve
their allegiance to the emperor, as they valued his favour, or dreaded
his resentment. To those who were absent he wrote in similar terms:
he informed them, that he was so united in friendship with Mahomed
Shah, that they might be esteemed as having one soul in two bodies:
and, after desiring them to continue to walk in the path of duty to
the Imperial House of Timour, he concluded these circular letters in
the following words: " May God forbid! but if accounts of your
" rebelling against your emperor should reach our ears, we will blot
" you out of the pages of the book of creation."
The conqueror had behaved with considerable moderation and
kindness towards the chief omrahs of the Court of Dehli; but he
must have despised their luxurious and effeminate habits. We,
indeed, learn his sentiments from a remarkable anecdote. When
speaking one day to Kummer-u-deen, who was then vizier, he
demanded how many ladies he had*? " Eight hundred and fifty,"
* A chief of the tribe of Affshar informed me, that his father (who was one
of Nadir's generals,) used often to praise the great continence of that monarch,
who never, be said, had more than two wives with him when in the field, and was
displeased with any leader who was accompanied by more than one.

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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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