!['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.' [‎342] (383/786)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023553883.0x000001/X 699 vol. 2_0383.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.' [‎342] (383/786)")
'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.' [342] (383/786)
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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342
THE HISTORY OF PERSIA.
chap . xxu. being could have composed it. It cannot be expected that others
should view, either the language in which it is written, or its contents,
with equal enthusiasm. It has been summarily described by an able
European author* as containing a few ordinances relative to poly
gamy, divorces, slavery, and the laws of succession ; some emphatical
declamations on the attributes of God; and a collection of puerile
tales and extravagant fables. But we can hardly (in the pride of
better knowledge,) venture to pronounce that to be puerile or con
temptible which has so fully answered the purpose for which it was
designed, and which is still considered as the standard of truth and
perfection by nearly half the universe. The Koran of Mahomed, with
many of the defects ascribed to it, abounds with the finest passages in
praise of the Almighty. Its author dwells upon the great and holy
theme with an eloquence that is exalted by the most enraptured
fervor. The other parts, though less eloquent, were suited to the
character, prejudices, and habits of those to whom his religion was
offered, and whose ignorant and degraded condition it was meant to
improve. His success was astonishing: and even those who have
shuddered at the magnitude of his presumptuous profanation, have
accorded an admiration to the man which they refused to the prophet,
and have not been able to consign to that contempt, which belongs
to schemes of superstitious and idolatrous worship, a religion, which,
with all its errors, is grounded upon one of the most rational and
sublime principles of human belief.
The purpose of the Koran, and the manner in which it was
written, has rendered it a volume of law, as well as of religion. The
Volney.
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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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- '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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