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Page xvii
... Persian Ministers are sufficiently described in the Relations . The position of Governor in each district was farmed year by year to the highest bidder , who was allowed to do very much as he pleased , provided he fulfilled his contract ...
... Persian Ministers are sufficiently described in the Relations . The position of Governor in each district was farmed year by year to the highest bidder , who was allowed to do very much as he pleased , provided he fulfilled his contract ...
Page 34
... Persia , and are said to be found in apes , all of all sorts so wel knowne and much used in India that they cannot ... ( Persian pådzahr ) had the general meaning of antidote , but at this period denoted specifically concretions found in ...
... Persia , and are said to be found in apes , all of all sorts so wel knowne and much used in India that they cannot ... ( Persian pådzahr ) had the general meaning of antidote , but at this period denoted specifically concretions found in ...
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... Persians , who come from Persia in great numbers , men of noble ancestry but small means . Apparently he is as well disposed towards us as towards the Portuguese , or 1 Text sabandaer , i.e. , shāhbandar . This Persian word properly ...
... Persians , who come from Persia in great numbers , men of noble ancestry but small means . Apparently he is as well disposed towards us as towards the Portuguese , or 1 Text sabandaer , i.e. , shāhbandar . This Persian word properly ...
Contents
Introduction page | xiii |
METHWOLDS RELATION I | 2 |
SCHORERS RELATION | 51 |
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