!['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.' [‎468] (509/786)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023553883.0x000001/X 699 vol. 2_0509.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.' [‎468] (509/786)")
'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.' [468] (509/786)
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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468
THE HISTORY OF PERSIA.
chap. xxiii ledge, which was accompanied by an eflfeminacy and luxury that
rendered man more subject to the oppression and cruelty of his
rulers. He preferred the savage freedom which he enjoyed amid his
rugged mountains, and felt a pride in the privations and hardships to
which he was exposed, when he regarded them as associated with his
independence. It is not surprising that religion should never have
made any great progress amid such a people. There is no proof
of their ever having been zealous followers of the worship of
Zoroaster; and though they now profess the faith of Mahomed, they
are, in general, not only inattentive to the substance, but careless in
the observance of the ceremonies it prescribes. In Sennah, which is
the capital of Ardelan, and in some of the other towns, there are
mosques and priests; and in these, the Sherr^h, or " written law, is
observed in nearly the same manner as in other parts of Persia. The
principal distinction arises from most of the inhabitants of Kurdistan
being Soonees; and their laws are, consequently, founded on the
interpretation of the authorities which are respected by that sect.
Among the ruder tribes of this province, the Sherr^h, or " written
" law/' meets with little attention. They continue to be governed
by the usages of their forefathers, and yield an obedience to their
chief, which he repays by his protection, and by exercising his
authority, on all occasions, with the utmost regard to their customs
and prejudices*.
* A remarkable instance of this occurred when I visited Persia in 1810. I was en
camped at a village called Zagh£i, situated within twenty-five miles of Sennah, the
capital of Ardelan. The officer who attended as Mehm&.ndar, or " entertainer," to the
mission on the part of the Waly, informed me, that a man of the tribe of Soorsoor
(some families of which were encamped within a mile,) had, the day before, murdered
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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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