!['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.' [‎461] (502/786)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023553883.0x000001/X 699 vol. 2_0502.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.' [‎461] (502/786)")
'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.' [461] (502/786)
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THE HISTORY OF PERSIA.
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pride, or any other motive, prevent this settlement, and the offender chap.xxiii
is screened from justice, the heir of the person murdered, and his
relations, feel disgraced till they can obtain revenge. In these
cases, where the party has not force to compel justice, assassina
tion is applauded, though it almost always occasions more mur
ders, and interminable blood feuds*. It is very usual for the heir
* These feuds are most prevalent when the country is most distracted. An ambi
tious chief employs those who desire to revenge personal or family wrongs to promote
his cause. Many instances might be mentioned to show the action of this spirit of
revenge. I know none more remarkable than that which recently occurred between
the families of the chief of the tribe of Shuftee and that of the governors of Resht, the
capital of the small province of Ghilan. A MS. in my possession contains the follow
ing statement of this feud, or rather family war. « In the time of Shah Sultan
« Hussein, Kassim Khan Shuftee slew Aga Kumai, Governor of Resht, whose son,
" Aga Jutnal, slew Kurreem, the son of Kassim, who had murdered his father. Aga
" Raffeah, the brother of Kassim, slew Aga JumeLl, and revenged his nephew.
" Hedayet Khan, the son of Aga Jumil, slew Aga Raffeah, and five of his brothers
« and nephews: a child, called Aga Aly, the son of Kassim, was the only person of
« the family of Shuftee that was preserved. Hedayet Khan desiring to employ the
« tribe of Shuftee, was compelled to put this child at their head, as they refused to serve
" except under one of the blood of their chief. Aga Aly made his escape; and when he
« attained his sixteenth year, he was aided by Aga Mahomed Khan in an attempt to
« revenge his father, uncle, and brother. He succeeded in taking Hedayet Khan,
" whom he slew. Two of that chief's sons, Hussein Aly and Futteh Aly, were sent to
" the Persian Court; and when the present king obtained the throne, he gave the
" former a small force to endeavour to recover Ghilan. This chief ordered two of his
" nien to conceal themselves in a wood to assassinate Aga Aly, as he passed along a
" road in their vicinity: they were successful in doing so; and the relations of that chief,
" alarmed at his fate, fled to the island of Lankeroon, and claimed the protection of
" Moostipha Khan Talish. The reigning monarch invited them to return to their family
" possessions of Shuft. On his sending a sealed Koran, as the most sacred of all
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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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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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