A History of Persia

From the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century to the Year 1858

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Written by Robert Grant Watson (1834–1892), a diplomat with first-hand knowledge of Iran, and published in 1866 as a sequel to Sir John Malcolm’s History of Persia (1815), this account covers a period which saw the old Persian empire fall from pre-eminence. From the death of Agha Mohammad Khan to the Anglo-Persian war, the narrative covers the two wars with Russia (1804–13 and 1826–28), the emergence of the Babi movement and the career of Amir Kabir. Facsimile reprint with a new introduction by Ali Ansari.

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