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. By James Fraser.

  • Fraser, James, 1713-1754.
Date:
1742
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Credit: 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. By James Fraser. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    City) which is one Stage *f* diftant from Sa- fnarcand: And on the 8th of Aprils 1370, then aged 35 J Lunar Years and 17 Days, fat on the Throne in the City of Balkh. From which Time until his Death, which was Thirty-five Years Eleven Months and Five Days, he fubdued the better Part of the Earth, and obtain’d Victories that might eclipfe the Glory of all the Exploits before his Time. He conquered Mawaralnahr (or <Tra?is-oxa7ieTartary)BiddukhJhaniKhuarif7n:> Turkeftan, Zahulijian, Kabul, Ghor and Hin- The Axis of (or on whom turns round) the World and Religion, Prince Temur of Gourgan, Lord of the Con- junction ; it being faid, there was a fortunate Conjunc¬ tion of the Planets at his Birth. Koteb literally fignifies the Pole or Extreme of the Axis; a Part being put to fignify the Whole. Temur fignifies hardy, and Prong, being deriv’d from the Tartar Word /♦* Temr> Iron, which the modern Turks by Corruption write Demr. f The Stages, which in Tartary and Perfia they call jyLc Manzely are from 25 to 30 Englijh Miles. } The Lunar Year they reckon 354 Days, 22 Gur- ris, 1 Pull. The Solar Year they reckon 365 Days, 15 Gums. 30 Pulls, 22§ Peels ; 60 Peels making 1 Pull, 60 Pulls 1 Gurri, and 60 Gurris I Day. This is according to the Brarhirri s or Indian Prieft’s Calcu¬ lation, and what the Moghols and other Mahommedans in India chiefly go by. & dojian