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the treaty of Toorkamanchai , Great Britain has been regarded by the Persian Court with little favour and much suspicion . Russia has made herself feared in Persia ; but England has been neither trusted nor feared . In 1826 the Persian ...
the treaty of Toorkamanchai , Great Britain has been regarded by the Persian Court with little favour and much suspicion . Russia has made herself feared in Persia ; but England has been neither trusted nor feared . In 1826 the Persian ...
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It is not easy to give a correct account of the events which followed the advance of the Persian army on Herat . ... within the walls of Herat , Yusoof Khan , doubt- less in the hour of need , courted the intervention of Persia .
It is not easy to give a correct account of the events which followed the advance of the Persian army on Herat . ... within the walls of Herat , Yusoof Khan , doubt- less in the hour of need , courted the intervention of Persia .
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Persia , weak and poor , is necessarily a mere instru- ment in the hands of a more powerful State . ... we still feel assured that nothing will be done with the object of preci- pitating a dismemberment of the Persian Empire .
Persia , weak and poor , is necessarily a mere instru- ment in the hands of a more powerful State . ... we still feel assured that nothing will be done with the object of preci- pitating a dismemberment of the Persian Empire .
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Contents
1 History of the Reign of Philip the Second King | 1 |
sur le Globe Par P Flourens Membre de lAca | 46 |
England from the earliest period to the year 1742 | 78 |
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