!['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.' [‎610] (675/786)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023553883.0x000001/X 699 vol. 2_0675.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.' [‎610] (675/786)")
'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.' [610] (675/786)
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^ 10 THE HISTORY OF PERSIA.
chap . xxv. the marriages of their own family, with the usages of the inhabitants
of the cities in which they live, are in the habit of visiting the tents
of their followers on these joyous occasions ; and of contributing, by
their munificence, and their example of unreserved hilarity, to the
mirth of these wedding feasts.
Usage of di- The usage of divorce among the tribes is the same as among
Zwandering the inhabitants of cities, but it is of still rarer occurrence. This
may be ascribed to various causes. The virtue of the females is
more strict: they are, from their labour, more valuable to their
husbands: and the poorer class have seldom the means of paying
a dower to a wife whom they divorce. We may also conclude,
that it is dangerous, in such a community, to offend the relations
of a female of a respectable family: for, though these are prompt
to be her executioners if she is proved guilty of adultery, they are
her strenuous supporters as long as she is innocent of that crime.
We are told by an intelligent Persian*, who has written a short
treatise upon the manners of these tribes, that the deepest pledge
which they can give of their resolution to conquer or perish in any
enterprise in which they are engaged, is to go through the ceremony
of a conditional divorce of their wives. They pronounce them divorced
unless success crowns their efforts. " In former days/' he observes,
" a man would have been deemed despicable who outlived defeat
" after this ceremony: but it is now," he adds, " too often an empty
" boast; and men are not ashamed to fly the moment after they
" have uttered a vow which their ancestors deemed the most sacred
" that a man of honour could make. J,
* Persian MS.
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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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