The Cambridge History of Iran
Contributors: P. Avery (Editor); G. R. G. Hambly (Editor); C. Melville (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 25, 1991
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 1096
ISBN-13: 9780521200950
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; 20th century; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; Middle East - Iran; History - General History; History; History: World; Iran; History / Middle East; Iran - History - Medieval and modern, 640-; Middle East - General
First sentence: The year 1688 has recently found acceptance as that Nadir's birth, but one of the best Iranian authorities for his time, the Jahan-gusha-yi Nadiri of Mirza Mahdi Khan Astarabadi, spells out A.H. 1110 as the year, and 28 Muharram as the day, which gives us 6 August A.D. 1698.