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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Published in the Pahlavi Commemmorative Reprint Series on the occasion of the Fifieth Anniversary of the Coronation of Reza Shah the Great with portraits of the late Shah of Iran and his father following the Persian title page at the back of the volume. Decorative paper covered boards; iv, 135, xxv, vi.Ownership inscription of N.N. Ambraseys (1929-2012) Professor of Seismic Engineering at Imperial College, London on series title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Facsimile Reprint of the Edition of 1814.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - bTitle:/b A Journal of Observations, made during the British Embassy to the Court of Persia, in the years 1799, 1800 and 1801.br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.br/br/The GENERAL HISTORICAL collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This varied collection includes material that gives readers a 19th century view of the world. Topics include health, education, economics, agriculture, environment, technology, culture, politics, labour and industry, mining, penal policy, and social order. br/br/++++br/The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:br/++++br/br/b/b British Librarybr/b/b Hollingbery, William; br/b/b 1814.br/b/b 8º.br/b/b 10077.d.18.br/.…

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First edition of this scarce early history of Hyderabad and the Deccan, focusing on Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II (d. 1803), and the emergence of Hyderabad as a principal ally of the East India Company. An appealing survival in its original wrappers, the book was printed in Calcutta shortly after the Nizam's death. Hollingbery begins with the geography and history of the Deccan before tracing the Nizam's predecessors and his reign. The account combines Persian historical writings, Henry Vansittart's translation, Robert Orme's history, and original documents. Its political narrative follows the decline of Mughal power, the rise of the Marathas and Mysore, competition between the British and French, and the consolidation of British influence under Governor-General Wellesley. Nizam Ali Khan had assisted the British against Tipu Sultan in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, which ended with Tipu's death at Seringapatam in 1799. Sudipta Sen describes Hollingbery's work as "one of the earliest instances of historical writing" conceived amid the struggle against Mysore and France (Sen, pp. 49-50). Hollingbery (d. 1809) had served at the British Residency at Hyderabad and accompanied John Malcolm's embassy to Persia in 1799-1801. A protégé of Colonel William Kirkpatrick, he dedicated this history to Kirkpatrick and Malcolm, leading figures in Company diplomacy. His account of the Persian embassy appeared posthumously in 1814. Sen identifies the subsidiary treaty with Hyderabad as "a cornerstone of Wellesley's new pax Britannica" (Sen, p. 50). The subscriber list accounts for 134 copies, including five for the Marquess Wellesley and ten for Malcolm. Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington, also subscribed. Library Hub records copies at the British Library and Oxford, with seven further institutional locations traced internationally. John Malcolm, Malcolm: Soldier, Diplomat, Ideologue of British India, 2014; Sudipta Sen, A Distant Sovereignty: National Imperialism and the Origins of British India, 2002. Quarto (262 x 204 mm), pp. ix, [1], xxii, lviii, 73, 38, 3 leaves. Woodcut tailpieces. Original drab wrappers. Housed in a custom morocco-backed brown cloth solander box. Backstrip frayed, wrappers lightly spotted and creased, with old paper repairs and some chipping to extremities, lower sewing cord perished but text block held securely by remaining cords, some pale damp-staining and bumped corners to outer leaves. A very good copy, internally clean and crisp, remarkably well preserved in its original wrappers.…

First edition. 8vo. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine; recased with new endpapers, rebacked with old spine laid down on new leather, corners worn, marbled paper rubbed and tatty at extremities. A little (defunct) marginal worming, interior pages water-stained, with some darker staining to the top right corner of the first fifty or so pages. Ink presentation inscription to ?J.W. Gabb from J. Dumoulin? at top of title-page. A scruffy but complete and firmly intact copy of a very rare book. Housed in a modern cloth solander box. [2], iii, [1], iv, 135, [1], xxv, [1], vi [subscribers]pp. Calcutta, From the Press of Ferris & Co.,    A rare and important travel account, written by a member of Sir John Malcolm?s famous embassy to Persia in 1799-1801. It offers a valuable picture of Iran during the early period of Qajar rule, which would last for more than a century.This copy belonged to a subscriber, James Dumoulin, who was an active figure in the literary scene of early nineteenth-century Calcutta and produced the second complete English translation of Sa?di?s Gulistan.   William Hollingbery (c.1767-1809) wrote one other work, a history of the Deccan and its rulers, before composing A Journal of Observations? upon his return from Persia. Publication was first delayed as the government proofed the manuscript, and then by Hollingbery?s untimely death in 1809. It eventually appeared posthumously, with added footnotes (mostly containing biographical information) by an anonymous editor.   As Hollingbery could not publish any sensitive political information there is no mention of the motivations behind the mission, or the content of the treaties made with Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (1769-1834) ? a commercial treaty guaranteeing the mutual protection of British and Persian merchants, and a political treaty obliging the two powers to jointly repel an Afghan invasion of India and/or a French invasion of Persia. Instead, his journal focuses on the topography, antiquities, contemporary culture and populations the embassy encountered on its journey.   It begins with the voyage from Bombay to Bushire, which included visits to Muscat, ?the emporium for the trade of India with the Persian Gulph and Red Sea? (p.6), Hormuz Island and Kharg Island. Thence the overland route westward through Dalaki, Khesht and Kazerun, to Shiraz where the embassy was received by Hossein Ali Mirza, the Governor of Fars. There, as at other major cities, the embassy was stalled by official exchanges, displays and other forms of time-absorbing pageantry, which allowed Hollingbery to gain more than a casual impression of the city's infrastructure and daily life. Interesting notes examine produce, with a nice passage on wine (see, p.40), and notable buildings, such as the tombs of Hafiz and Sa?di.   A determined march through Fars took them within reach of Isfahan, where they met with a cavalcade of true grandeur: ?about two thousand cavalry, and three or four thousand foot, which with the citizens, whom curiosity had brought out, amounted at the least to thirty thousand souls.? (p.60). Once within the city, Hollingbery explored the Chaharbagh and studied the paintings embellishing the western chamber of Chehel Sotoun. The fading Safavid finery contrasted with the less elegant appearance of the newly chosen capital, Tehran, which the embassy reached in November 1800. Alongside valuable notes on its defences and fluctuating population ? estimated at no more than 12,000 in Summer and no less than 70,000 in Winter ? Hollingbery recounts Malcolm?s first and second audience with the Shah. Upon seeing the monarch for the first time, he was struck by his dress and ?handsome person?, paying compliment to the jewels adorning his outfit (?not less than a million sterling?) and his beard ?which is supposed to be the largest in his dominions? (p.81).   The final part of the narrative covers the return journey to India, by way of Hamadan, Kermanshah, Khanaqin.…