The compleat history of Thamas Kouli Kan : (afterwards Schah Nadir) late sovereign of Persia. In two parts. Part I. Containing a Description of the Persian Empire ; an Account of the Religion and Manners of the Persians ; a Chronological Abridgment of their History, including the Lives and Reigns of Cyrus and his Descendents, the Arsacidae, the Caliphs, the Tartar Princes, and the Siphis, down to the late Revolutions ; a particular Account of the Aghwans, and their Leaders Mir-Wets, Magmund, and Eschref, to their total Reduction by Kouli Kan ; the Origin and Rise of this Commander, his Wars with the Rebels and the Turks, and his artful Assumption of the Crown. Part II. Containing a Description of the Empire of Indestan, and a Character of the Indians ; some Account of the Great Moguls from Tumerlane down to Mahmet-Cha now reigning ; Grounds of Kouli Kan's Quarrel with this latter ; his Invasion of the Kingdom of Cabul, and the whole Progress of his Arms till he entirely defeats, deroses, and then restores his Enemy, after having taken from him an immense Booty, obtained the Cession of Part of his Dominions, and obliged him to pay an Annul Tribate. With Copies of Letters, Edicts, Manifesto's, &c. translated from the Originals under the Hands of both Monarchs. Written in French, and rendered into English, with improvements. To which are added, an appendix by the translator, containing the History of Sehah Nadir down to his Death, with the most authentick Accounts we have received of that Occurence. Also, An Alphabetical Index ; a new Map of Persia and the bordering Countries, and a fine Head of Kouli Kan, engraved at Paris from an Original, in the Possession of Prince Cantemir the Russian Embassador . First edition.
London,: Printed for J. Brindley, at the Prince's Arms in New-Bond-Street, Bookseller and Stationer to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, 1746. 12mo. 9.7 x 16.5cm [2], 163, [4], 140,[ 15]pp. Not illustrated. Buff-colored calfskin, spine with raised bands. Second edition after the 1742 edition, which is believed to be a translation of a work previously published in French, but it is not the text by André Declaustre and Antoine Du Cerceau. Nader Shah (1688-1747), nicknamed the Napoleon of Persia for his numerous conquests, was the founder of the Afsharid dynasty. Binding slightly rubbed, copy without the portrait and folded map . Expertise by Loup Axmann and Jean-Luc Boisseau. Item #51-7137
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