[HAZIN LAHIJI]. BELFOUR, F. C. (translator),

The Life of Sheikh Mohammed Ali Hazin,

Name: The Life of Sheikh Mohammed Ali Hazin,
Brand: [HAZIN LAHIJI]. BELFOUR, F. C. (translator),
SKU: 106125
Price: 2000.00 GBP
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written by himself; translated from two Persian manuscripts, and illustrated with notes explanatory of the history, poetry, geography, &c., which therein occur.

Stock Code 106125

London, for The Oriental Translation Fund, 1830-31.

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Shaikh Mohammad ʿAli b. Abi Taleb (1692-1766 AD), known as Hazin Lahiji, was a Persian poet and scholar. He grew up at the Safavid court of Persia and travelled extensively in India and Arabia during his lifetime, the account of which is recorded in these volumes. Hazin Lahiji's account begins with his early days in Isfahan and goes on to his time in Shiraz. He describes his pilgrimage to Mecca, the Afghan capture of Isfahan, his journeys to Bandar Abbas and Muscat where he spent two months. He ends with his record of Nadir Shah's taking of Kabul, Sind, and Delhi.

The first volume has the translator's dedication and preface, with an English translation of the Persian text which appears in the second volume.

First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. xl, 323; [iv], 9, 289, text to second volume in Farsi, first volume with blind stamp of Wigan Public Library, internally very clean and crisp; modern half calf, gilt spines and marbled edges. an attractive set.

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