"سلالة كاجار مترجمة من المخطوطة الفارسية الأصلية ومقدمه من فاتي علي شاه إلى السير هارفورد جونز بريدجيس...ومعها تقرير موجز في البداية عن تاريخ بلاد فارس قبل تلك الفترة موضحة بألواح وخرائط لغربي بلاد فارس" [‎٢‎٧‎٤] (٦٨٤/٤٩١)

27 t DYNASTY OF THE KAJARS.
English possessed the supreme authority in many
of them, and as their power at sea exceeds that of
all Europe, they expelled the French from several
of the Indian Islands, and took sovereign possession
of them. In France are found mines of various
kinds, such as copper, silver, lead, and iron: the
soil is well adapted for the growth of herbage: its
productions are grain, vines, and fruits. The French
divided this kingdom, which they have possessed
from ancient times, containing thirty-two govern
ments, into eighty-four departments; to enumerate
which would be tedious, and by no means conform
able to the design of this book. Besides those go
vernments and departments, they also annexed
many of the adjacent countries to their empire.
The year in which the late sovereign was martyred*,
on the arrival of the monarch, dignified as Jamshid,
at Teheran the capital, there came two persons,
sent by the French Government, with the copy of a
Treaty which had been made in former times between
the empires of France and Iran: it was then ascer
tained that the French envoys had come for the
purpose of opening the gates of friendship and the
renewal of concord; but Hajy Ibrahim Khan, at
that time Prime Minister of Iran, on account of the
multiplicity of the internal affairs, paid no attention
to the external relations of the kingdom, and omit
ted to bring the circumstance under the cognisance
of the royal council; so that he gave those two
persons an answer from himself, and dismissed theni.
After that, when Ismail Beg Biyat, as has been
* i. c. Aga Muhammed Khan.