The History of Persia : 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 / 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.

Other author Teixeira, Pedro, approximately 1570-
Other author Mīr Khvānd, Muḥammad ibn Khāvandshāh, 1433-1498.
Other author Tūrān Shāh ibn Quṭb al-Dīn, -1378.
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Publication InfoLondon : Printed for Jonas Brown ..., 1715.
Description2 volumes in 1 (16 unnumbered pages, 416 pages) ; 20 cm
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General noteA 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.
General notePedro, not Antonio, Teixeira, was the compiler of this work. cf. Silva, Dicc. bibl. port., Hoefer, Nouv. biog. générale, and Brit. mus. Catalogue.
General noteReproduction of original from Goldsmiths' Library, University of London.
General noteGoldsmiths'-Kress no. 05195.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements.
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