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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 May 2012
    08 March 2012
    ISBN:
    9781139177610
    9781108045391
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139177610
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    Dimensions:
    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.45kg, 352 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Social and Population History, Middle East Studies, Area Studies, European History after 1450, History, European Studies, Russian and East European History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - European History
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    Subjects:
    Social and Population History, Middle East Studies, Area Studies, European History after 1450, History, European Studies, Russian and East European History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - European History
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    Moritz von Kotzebue (1789–1861), son of the German dramatist and an experienced seaman and soldier, who had faced Bonaparte's troops on the battlefield, travelled to the court of Fath Ali Shah Qajar (1772–1834), the king of Persia, with a Russian embassy in 1817. His account of the journey was published in German in 1819, and an English translation was published in the same year, claiming to offer a different perspective from the ordinary run of British writings on Persia. Covering the journey from St Petersburg through the Caucasus and down to Soltaniyeh, where the embassy meets the Shah, the work is a compilation of day-to-day observations on people and events. The author is astute and witty, and the book is not only an interesting read but also a useful source for the region's social history; a lengthy description of the Shah's court is particularly impressive.

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