The History of Persia, from the Most Early Period to the Present Time: Containing an Account of the Religion, Government, Usages, and Character of the Inhabitants of That Kingdom : in Two Volumes
The History of Persia, from the Most Early Period to the Present Time: Containing an Account of the Religion, Government, Usages, and Character of the Inhabitants of That Kingdom : in Two Volumes
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1829 edition. Excerpt: ... and feet, but those of the favorite, should be taken off. The interference of one of the principal officers, only caused his being included in the same terrible sentence; the execution of which was on the point of commencing, wheij Shaikh Aly Khan rushed forward, and, throwing himself at the king's ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1829 edition. Excerpt: ... and feet, but those of the favorite, should be taken off. The interference of one of the principal officers, only caused his being included in the same terrible sentence; the execution of which was on the point of commencing, wheij Shaikh Aly Khan rushed forward, and, throwing himself at the king's feet, begged for mercy*. "You are very bold," said Soliman; " you slight my earnest entreaties that you should again serve me, and yet you intercede for others." "I am your slave, ' said the minister, "and ready to obey all your commands." "Very well," said Soliman; "I forgive them all on your account. Resume your office, and I will promise, in future, to respect both you and myself more than I have done." It is even stated that the king vowed to abandon wine: but his resolution, if he ever took it, was soon broken. We may judge of the habits of this prince, from the expressions used by the East India Company's agent at Isfahan. "The king," this gentleman observes in a letter to his employers, "still continues his excess in wine, which makes me fear, when I next address myself to him, he will command me to play the good fellow, and very probably be desirous of proving our European wine, which, if it be good, may be acceptable to him; therefore, request the supplying me with three chests; one sack, one .claret, one rhenish, of the very best, to present him u." Gifts like these were calculated to secure for European traders the favor of a prince like Soliman. We proceed with satisfaction to the close of his life, in the forty-ninth year of his age, and the twenty-ninth of his reign. He had been long afflicted by illness; but though he was, at one period, many years without coming out of his haram *, the country remained as tranquil as if ruled by...
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