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An Historical and Descriptive Account of Persia; From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time with a Detailed View of Its Resources, Government, Population, Natural History, and the Character of Its Inhabitants, Particularly of the

James Baillie Fraser

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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1834 edition. Excerpt: ...measures with a view to establish his influence among the vanquished. But as the nation began to shake off the torpor which had overwhelmed it, and parties of Afghans were surprised and destroyed, his policy underwent a fearful change. A sullen gloom overspread his mind, and he seems to have conceived, as the only means of safety, the frantic purpose of eitermi-nating the conquered. The male population of Ispahan still greatly outnumbered his whole army, and he resolved to reduce it to an amount which should no longer excite his apprehensions. The treacherous murder of 300 nobles with all their children, and the massacre of 3000 of Shah Hussein's guards whom he had taken into pay, formed a prelude to a more dreadful tragedy. Every person that had been in the service of the late shah was proscribed; for fifteen days the streets of Ispahan ran with blood; and so utterly was the spirit of the people broken, that it was a common thing to see one Afghan leading three or four Persians to execution. Aided by some fresh levies, drawn principally from the Kurdish tribes, Mahmoud had captured Shiraz and several towns of Irak and Fars. But the clamours of his discontented troops and the threats of foreign invasion appalled a mind which, though fierce and cruel, was deficient in firmness; and, accordmgly, with the hope of propitiating Divine iavour, he shut himself up in a vault fourteen days and nights, fasting and enduring the severest penances. This experiment completed the overthrow of his reason; he raved, shrank from the sight of his friends, and tore his flesh in the violence of his paroxysms; till at length his mother, in compassion to his wretched condition, directed him to be smothered. But this melancholy release was not effected until a fatal...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with An Historical and Descriptive Account of Persia; From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time with a Detailed View of Its Resources, Government, Population, Natural History, and the Character of Its Inhabitants, Particularly of the. To get started finding An Historical and Descriptive Account of Persia; From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time with a Detailed View of Its Resources, Government, Population, Natural History, and the Character of Its Inhabitants, Particularly of the, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1834 edition. Excerpt: ...measures with a view to establish his influence among the vanquished. But as the nation began to shake off the torpor which had overwhelmed it, and parties of Afghans were surprised and destroyed, his policy underwent a fearful change. A sullen gloom overspread his mind, and he seems to have conceived, as the only means of safety, the frantic purpose of eitermi-nating the conquered. The male population of Ispahan still greatly outnumbered his whole army, and he resolved to reduce it to an amount which should no longer excite his apprehensions. The treacherous murder of 300 nobles with all their children, and the massacre of 3000 of Shah Hussein's guards whom he had taken into pay, formed a prelude to a more dreadful tragedy. Every person that had been in the service of the late shah was proscribed; for fifteen days the streets of Ispahan ran with blood; and so utterly was the spirit of the people broken, that it was a common thing to see one Afghan leading three or four Persians to execution. Aided by some fresh levies, drawn principally from the Kurdish tribes, Mahmoud had captured Shiraz and several towns of Irak and Fars. But the clamours of his discontented troops and the threats of foreign invasion appalled a mind which, though fierce and cruel, was deficient in firmness; and, accordmgly, with the hope of propitiating Divine iavour, he shut himself up in a vault fourteen days and nights, fasting and enduring the severest penances. This experiment completed the overthrow of his reason; he raved, shrank from the sight of his friends, and tore his flesh in the violence of his paroxysms; till at length his mother, in compassion to his wretched condition, directed him to be smothered. But this melancholy release was not effected until a fatal...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with An Historical and Descriptive Account of Persia; From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time with a Detailed View of Its Resources, Government, Population, Natural History, and the Character of Its Inhabitants, Particularly of the. To get started finding An Historical and Descriptive Account of Persia; From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time with a Detailed View of Its Resources, Government, Population, Natural History, and the Character of Its Inhabitants, Particularly of the, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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