RAS Persian 155. (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)

An account of Aqa Muhammad Khan and his vazir Hajji Ibrahim Khan Shirazi. Front flyleaf, recto: Presented by Sir John Malcolm May 19. 1827 The date 1801 appearing as a watermark suggests that the MS was written at the time of Malcolm's first mission to Persia. A short account of Agha Muhammad Khan, King of Persia, and of his vizier Hajji Ibrahim Khan Shirazi. In two parts, one devoted principally to each of them. Red headings and punctuation. On European, presumably English, paper with watermarks including 1801 and RAILWAY. According to the introduction, composed at the request of Colonel Johm Malcolm. It appears from f3a that the author intended to produce a more substantial work on the history of the Zands and Qajars.

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