!['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.' [‎422] (463/786)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023553883.0x000001/X 699 vol. 2_0463.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.' [‎422] (463/786)")
'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.' [422] (463/786)
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.
.xxii. happened at this period, gave reason to suspect that he was
poisoned; and from the circumstance of those who were supposed
to have perpetrated this act being natives of Kermanshah, his
disciples openly ascribed his death to the great opposer of the
SoofFees, Aga Mahomed Aly, the mooshtdhed*, or high priest, of
that city.
Two of the devoted adherents of this teacher were afterwards
taken up and sent in confinement to the reigning monarch, who
commanded them to be sent to the high priest of Kermanshah,
and empowered that determined enemy of the SoofFees to do what
he chose with the offenders; the result was, that they were put to
death f.
" few hours, terminated his existence. Their flight led all to suspect them of having
" poisoned him, Noor Aly died at nine o'clock on the morning of the tenth of Mohur-
" rum, A. H. 1215. He expired," his biographer adds, " close to the grave of the
" prophet Jonas, within a league of the City of Moossul."
* Aga Mahomed Aly (who is since dead,) used always to treat this accusation as a
malignant calumny. He asserted, that the story of Noor Aly Shah being poisoned was
an invention, and that he had died of the plague.
t The letter from Futteh Aly Shah, the reigning monarch, to Aga Mahomed Aly,
empowering the latter to put the two Sooffees to death, is a curious document. The
following is its purport, as given in the MS. in my possession.
" As the Sooffees have at this time extended their belief to an alarming extent, and
" obtained many foolish and credulous converts, who adopt their faith, and dress in
" their fashion; as all this is contrary to the interests of the true religion, and has
" occasioned much thought to the wisest of our state; as you also have urged us much
" on this subject, we have taken the ill into consideration, and have written to all our
« governors and officers to punish these offenders if they do not recant; to take from
" them all which they have plundered from weak men; and, if the proprietors of this
" wealth cannot be found, to distribute it among the poor. We have, in short, ordered,
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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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