Author: Fraser, James.
Title: THE HISTORY OF NADIR SHAH, Formerly called Thamas Kuli Khan, the present Emperor of Persia. To which is prefix’d a short history of the Moghol emperors. At the end is inserted, a catalogue of about two hundred manuscripts in the Persic and other oriental languages, collected in the East.
Description: London : printed for A. Millar, at Buchanan’s Head, over against St. Clement’s Church, in the Strand, 1742. 2nd Ed. [2] + vi + 234 + [6] + 40pp. Folding portrait frontis., folding map, dec. initial letters and head and tail pieces. T.p. cracked and repaired to verso, light marginal browning, contemporary gilt rule edged speckled sheep, surface wear, leading corner to upper board bumped, joints rubbed, gilt motifs and gilt lettered title label to spine rubbed with loss. ¶ Ex.-libris Sir John Smith, 1st Baronet FRS FSA (1744–1807) High Sheriff of Dorset in 1772 and the progenitor of the Smith-Marriott Baronetcy. ESTC T130788 ‘The catalogue of manuscripts has a separate titlepage, pagination and register. frontis = port. plate.’ James Fraser (1712/13–1754), East India Company servant and collector of oriental manuscripts. ODNB ‘... the first book in English treating of the Persian ruler Nadir Shah, ‘the scourge of God’, who had invaded India in 1737–8. It is important not only for a first-hand account of contemporary events probably written by William Cockill, who had served in Persia, but also for historical texts and original documents translated from Persian by Fraser ...’ (Sothebys) Blackmer ‘Fraser resided at Surat between 1730 and 1740 and later served the East India Company. The present work includes a short history of the Mogul Empire and a catalogue of the author’s collection of oriental manuscripts which is now housed in the Bodleian library.’

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