!['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.' [‎140] (169/786)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023553883.0x000001/X 699 vol. 2_0169.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.' [‎140] (169/786)")
'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.' [140] (169/786)
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.
cmap.xviii to its attainment. Though he deemed it prudent to confine the
pageant* to whom Aly Murddn Khan-f had given the name of
king; and to refrain from the mockery of a false allegiance, he
only styled himself Vakeel, or lieutenant of the kingdom, and
seemed to act under no desire of personal aggrandisement. De
voted to Shiraz, which he had made his capital, he had ceased
to lead his armies in person : and he even committed the large
force which he assembled for the siege of Bussorah to the command
of his brother, Sdduck Khan; though he must have been sen
sible that the ties of blood only rendered it more probable so great
a trust would be abused. From every consideration, therefore, of
his disposition, and the actual state of Persia at the moment, we
must conclude his principal motive for the attack of the Turkish
territory was to preserve the internal tranquillity of Persia, by em
ploying those by whom it was most likely to be disturbed in foreign
war: and having taken that resolution, he studied to devise pre
texts that would render this measure popular with his subjects.
To men professing the tenets of the Sheah sect there could be no
greater encouragement offered than the prospect of becoming the
conquerors of that land which contained the tombs of the holy Aly,
and of his sainted sons, Hussein and Hussun; and the most pro
minent ground J on which Kurreem attempted to justify the war in
Kurreern
Khan's mo
tives for at
tacking the
Turkish ter
ritory.
* He removed him from Isfahan to a fort called Aub^d^h, on the road between
that city and Shiraz. f Vide page 116.
% There were several other pretexts. He accused Omar of having, by the aid he
had granted, to the Imaum of Muscat, prevented the Persians from subduing the
province of Oman. He was also said to have plundered some Persian merchants.—
Tuarikh Zundeah.
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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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