An 19th Century Essay on Historic Persia and the Persian people,
examining their Customs and Character Traits
Title: The Shah of Persia.
Notes & Condition: The author reports at lenght about the Shah and his court in 1800 Iran thus providing
an interesting British Colonial opinion about Persia. The countries history (Xerxes, Alexander the Great) is examined as well as the
(then) present Court of the Shah. A fascinating glimpse into 1800 Iran.
With commmentary on "A Journey through the Caucasus and the Interior of Persia" by Augustus H. Mounsey, "Sketches of Persia" and also "The History of Peris..." both by Sir John Malcolm.
25 pages, published in 1873 for The Quarterly Review, London.
These are the original text pages, in excellent condition, attractively bound
booklet style in modern blue paper covers with label.
"Shah" was the title of Iranian kings including the Achaemenid dynasty which unified Persia and created a vast intercontinental empire until it was overrun by Alexander the Great.
In English its use as title for the king of Persia is recorded since 1564, as shaw (or shaugh), and for long it remained common to render it in European languages by kingly rather than imperial titles.
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