12mo. 473 pp., [3], half-title, frontispiece portrait, 1 folding map of Persia and Mongol states, contemporary full calf, slightly rubbed round edges, title gilt on raised decorated spine, all edges red, occasional spotting, previous owner’s name inscribed in ink on title page, otherwise a good copy, Briasson, Paris, a new edition, 1743.

Synopsis

Thamas Kouli Kan was the most powerful and cruel Shah in the Safavid dynasty of Persia. He carried out during his reign a series of successful military campaigns often being compared to Genghis Kan.
Several European scholars were interested in documenting his reign including a description of the geography, customs, and wealth of Persia under the Safavid.
Kouli Kan was known as a treasure hunter, he was assassinated by a group of opponents due to his corruption a cruelty. One of the most famous accounts described in this work is of Nader Shah’s pillaging of the treasures of the Great Mogul. The author provides an inventory of the treasures and explains that one hundred workmen were kept busy for fifteen days melting & making into bars the gold & silver not in coined money, or order to make transportation easier. According to Barbier’s bibliography another edition appeared in 1758.
Bibliographical Références: Chadenat, 5189 ; Wilson, 44 ; Hage Chahine, 1013.