The history of the life of Nader Shah, King of Persia. Extracted from an Eastern manuscript, which was translated into French by order of His Majesty the King of Denmark ... / With an introduction ... and an appendix ... By William Jones, esq.

  • Mahdī Khān Astarābādī, active 1733-1759.
Date:
1773
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Credit: The history of the life of Nader Shah, King of Persia. Extracted from an Eastern manuscript, which was translated into French by order of His Majesty the King of Denmark ... / With an introduction ... and an appendix ... By William Jones, esq. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    » XXX l *. ' A DESCRIPTION of ASIA. \ dan, Egypt by the Nile, and this part of India by the Ganges. The ancient fyftem of govern¬ ment, which prevailed in this country, feems to have been perfedfly feudal; all the territories were governed by Rads or Rajas, who held their lands of a fupreme lord called Belhdr, the feat of whofe refidence was the city of CAN- NOUGE, now in ruins. There is a curious book at Oxford, which was prefented to the Univerfity by Mr. Pope, and contains the pic^ tures of all the Kings who reigned in India, from the in oft early times to the age of Timur, whofe defcendant Baber founded the monarchy of the Moguls at the opening of the fixteenth century. DEHLf called alfo Shahgehdnabad, was the Capital of a kingdom, which bore the fame name, where a race of Mahomedan princes reigned before Tamerlane, who were lovers of poetry and eloquence, and liberal patrons of learned men : this City, as well as a great part of the ' Indian Empire, has been agreeably defcribed by M. Bernier, who tells a pleating ftory of two Raja’s, named Gemel and Polta, who were be- iieged in a caftle by Sultan Acbar, where, fear¬ ing to be led in chains by an infulting Conqueror, they made a defperate fally, in which they loft their lives fighting boldly to the Lift moment: lie adds, that Acbar ordered the ftatues of thefc two illuftrious brothers to be cut in marble upon two elephants, and placed over the gates of Dehli. To the north weft of this city ftands Lahawar or LAHOR, the capital of Penjdb, or. The five Rivers, a province fo called, becaufe the Indus is in that part divided into five large branches : it feems to have been the ancient' king- r