The History of Persia
Subtitle: containing the lives and memorable actions of its kings from the first erecting of that monarchy to this time; an exact description of all its dominions; a curious account of India, China, Tartary, Kermon, Arabia, Nixabur, and the islands of Ceylon and Timor; as also of all lcities occasionally mention'd, as Schiras, Samarkand, Bokara, &c. Manners and customs of those people, Persian worshippers of fire; plants, beasts, product, and trade ... to which is added an abridgment of the lives of the kings of Harmuz, or Ormuz
By: the Persian history written in Arabick by Mirkond ... that of Ormuz by Torunxa ... both of them translated into Spanish by Antony Teixeira ... and now render'd into English by Captain John Stevens
Series: Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature -- no. 5195; Making of the Modern World
Publisher: Printed for Jonas Brown ...
Published: 1715
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
Subjects: History; Early works to 1800; Kings and rulers; Description and travel
Notes: A translation, with additions, of Pedro Teixeira's 'Relaciones ... d'el origen ... de los reyes de Persia ... ', first published in 1610, and itself compiled from the histories of Mīr Khvānd and Tūrān-Shāh. Cf. ESTC.

Pedro, not Antonio, Teixeira, was the compiler of this work. cf. Silva, Dicc. bibl. port., Hoefer, Nouv. biog. générale, and Brit. mus. Catalogue.

Master microform held by: ResP.

Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 05195.

Goldsmiths' Lib. cat., 5195

ESTC T092864