"رحلة أوترام وهافلوك في بلاد فارس، بقلم النقيب ج. هـ. هانت، ٧٨ هايلاندرز. يوجد في المقدمة ملخص عن التاريخ الفارسي، تقرير عن الاختلافات المتعددة بين إنجلترا وبلاد فارس واستفسار عن أصل الحرب السابقة. بقلم جورج تاونسيند، مؤلف كتاب "ملخص أوروبا الحديثة لراسل"". [‎٦‎٥] (٣٩٠/٨٦)

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Europeans to settle in his dominions, fostered
commerce and
encouraged
learning. The
noblest eulogy upon the character of Abbas,
who died a.d. 1628, is contained in one short
sentence, recorded by an impartial writer:
" When this great prince ceased to live, Persia
ceased to prosper."
The descendants of Abbas did not imitate
his better qualities, and power soon fell from
their grasp. The new masters of Persia were
the Afghans, a collection of tribes inhabiting
the mountainous tract of land between Kho-
rassan and the Indus. Their origin has been
a matter of much dispute. Some authorities
assert that the name Afghan is derived from
the Persian word signifying "lamentation;"
and it was thus applied because these tribes
bewailed their banishment from Judea. They
are said to have been lineally descended
trom the Jewish captives carried otf by
Nebuchadnezzar. At an early date the Af
ghans were converted to the Mahomedan
religion. Their country had long been sub-
jcct to the conquerors of Persia and India,
u ntil their turn of triumph arrived, and