The mock senator; : a pleasant Arabian tale. /
Kara Mustapha.
[Edinburgh : s.n.,
1721?]
First line reads - "When Sultan Mahomet han the scepter sway'd,".
Kara Mustapha Bashaw is a pseudonym.
A satire on 'Mr P: Ha-n', i.e. Patrick Haldane, M.P. for Perth Burghs, written while he was seeking appointment by the Crown as a Lord of Session; after several lawsuits concerning the legality of his appointment, it was in December 1721 confirmed by the House of Lords.
Text in one column with an illustration above the title.
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Haldane, Patrick, 1683-1769
Lawyers
Politicians
Scotland Edinburgh.