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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    07 October 2011
    30 June 2011
    ISBN:
    9780511983184
    9781108028646
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511983184
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    Weight & Pages:
    Dimensions:
    (297 x 210 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    1.75kg, 744 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Middle East Studies, Area Studies, Social and Cultural Anthropology, History, Middle East History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor
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    Subjects:
    Middle East Studies, Area Studies, Social and Cultural Anthropology, History, Middle East History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor
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    The product of a lifetime spent in India and the Middle East, for over a century this two-volume work by Sir John Malcolm (1769-1833), first published in 1815, remained the most trusted chronicle of Persia. Translated into French, German and Persian, the detailed and diverse contents earned its diplomat author an honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Oxford. Although learned, Malcolm's narrative is informed by personal experiences acquired while serving as an envoy and secretary to the governor general, a position which clearly shaped his views on the country's political character. Volume 2 begins with an account of the rulers of the early eighteenth century and goes on to provide a detailed history of modern Persia, incorporating descriptions of its religions, government, climate and social conventions. Malcolm's concluding remarks are both critical and portentous as he observes the needs for a 'complete alteration' in the political condition of Persia.

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