Historical and Descriptive Account of Persia, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time: With a Detailed View of Its Resources, Government, Population, Natural History, and the Character of Its Inhabitants, Particularly of the Wandering Tribes
Historical and Descriptive Account of Persia, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time: With a Detailed View of Its Resources, Government, Population, Natural History, and the Character of Its Inhabitants, Particularly of the Wandering Tribes
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1834 edition. Excerpt: ...drew hisdagger, and sprung towards Abbas. A struggle ensued, and all the lights being extinguished, no one dared to strike lest he should pierce the monarch instead of his assailant. There was a moment of inexpressible horror, until the royal voice was heard to exclaim twice, " I have seized his hand! ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1834 edition. Excerpt: ...drew hisdagger, and sprung towards Abbas. A struggle ensued, and all the lights being extinguished, no one dared to strike lest he should pierce the monarch instead of his assailant. There was a moment of inexpressible horror, until the royal voice was heard to exclaim twice, " I have seized his hand! I have seized his hand 1" Lights were brought, --the captive was slain by a hundred swords, --and the king, who had wrested the dagger from him, reseated himself in the assembly, and continued "to drink goblets of pure wine and to receive the heads of his enemies till twelve o'clock at night.""' Malcolm's History, from Anthoine de Govvea and the Zubd al Tuareekk, --the heads thus received, according to the custom of the kings of Persia, are said to have amounted to 20,545! In consequence of this victory, not only were the Turks kept in check during his reign, but the whole of their possessions on the Caspian, in Azerbijan, Georgia, Kurdistan, Bagdad, Mosul, and Diarbekir, were reannexed to the Persian empire; while on the east the incursions of the Uzbecks were completely controlled, and Khorasan delivered from their ravages. The prosperity of the Portuguese settlement at Ormua had excited the envy of Abbas. He conceived that the conquest of it would add greatly to his resources; and aware that he could effect nothing without naval cooperation, he applied to the English East India Company, who, listening to the suggestions of avarice, and jealous of a flourishing rival, readily gave their assistance. The place fell after a brave defence; but both parties were disappointed. The Persian monarch found that his vision of wealth shrunk from the touch of a despot; while the British discovered that the commerce which they...
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