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Author/Creator:

Hanway, Jonas, 1712-1786

Contributors:

Nadir Shāh, shah of Persia, 1687-1747

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Full Title:

An historical account of the British trade over the Caspian Sea: with the author's journal of travels from England through Russia into Persia: and back through Russia, Germany and Holland. To which are added, the revolutions of Persia during the present century, with the particular history of the great usurper Nadir Kouli

Main Work:

An historical account of the British trade over the Caspian Sea: with the author's journal of travels from England through Russia into Persia ... [by Hanway, J.]

Related Works:

Revolutions of Persia

Subjects:

Great Britain — Commerce — History

Soviet Union — Description and travel

Iran — Description and travel

Europe — Description and travel

Iran — History

Commerce

Travel

Soviet Union

Great Britain

Iran

Europe

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Maps also available via the Internet.
Vol. II has title: The revolutions of Persia: containing the reign of Shah Sultan Hussein; the invasion of the Afghans and the reigns of Sultan Mir Maghmud and his successor Sultan Ashreef; with the history of the celebrated usurper Nadir Kouli, from his birth in 1687, 'till his death in 1747; and some particulars of the unfortunate reign of his successor Adil Shah. To which is prefixed a chronological abridgment of the Persian monarchy from its first foundation.
Maps removed for preservation.

Physical Description:

2 volumes, 18 plates (including 6 port.) : frontispiece, illustrations, 11 folded maps ; 29 cm

Call Numbers:

915.5 H199h

OCLC Numbers:

1052908618
11586684 [Invalid]