"تاريخ بلاد فارس، من أقدم فترة إلى الوقت الحالي: ويشمل تقريرًا عن الدين، الحكومة، وعادات وصفات سكان تلك المملكة. إعداد العقيد السير جون مالكوم، قائد فرسان وسام الطُهر، وفارس وسام الأسد والشمس، الوزير المفوض السابق إلى البلاط الفارسي من الحكومة العليا في الهند . في مجلدين." [‎١‎١] (٧٣٠/٢٦)

PREFACE.
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the proposed limits. In one point I have perhaps
indulged in a greater latitude than has usually been
assumed by writers of history. I have not unfre-
quently endeavoured to enliven and to illustrate my
- subject by the relation of occurrences in which I was
personally concerned. This I did under an impression
that the character of nations, as well as individuals, may
often be better appreciated from anecdotes, than from
a mere narration of events: and when such passages
occur, they will, in addition to that light which they
throw upon facts and observations, serve to remind the
reader of what I before stated, that if I had not been a
traveller I should never have been an historian.
In the course of this Work I have carefully con
sulted every European Author of eminence who has
investigated the history and literature of the oriental
nations. But as I have always quoted, in my notes,
the names of those by whose labour I have profited,
it would be superfluous to mention them here, the
more especially as their well-established reputation
could derive no increase from my eulogiums.
I have to acknowledge, with sincere gratitude,
the aid of those whom motives of personal friendship
have induced to promote the success of this Work.