The history of Persia : Containing, the lives and memorable action 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, Kermou, Arabia, Nixabur, and the islands of Ceylon and Timor; as also of all cities 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. The Persian history written in Arabick, by Mirkoud, a famous Eastern author; that of Ormuz, by Torunxa, king of that island, both of them tr. into Spanish, by Antony Teixeira, who liv'd several years in Persia and India ; and now render'd into English / By Captain John Stevens.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: Spanish Publication details: London : J. Brown, 1715.Description: 8 p.l., 416 p. : front. ; 22 cmUniform titles:- Relaciones de Pedro Teixeira d'el origen, descendencia, y succession de los reyes de Persia, y de Harmuz. English
- DS272 .T4513 1715
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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 Mı̄r Khwānd and Tūrān Shāh.
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