UID:
edocfu_9960117723602883
Format:
1 online resource (xxviii, 474 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-139-50700-1
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society
Uniform Title:
Tārīkhī Nādirī.
Content:
A renowned Enlightenment polymath, Sir William Jones was a lawyer, translator & poet who wrote authoritatively on politics, comparative linguistics & oriental literature. Known initially for his Persian translations & political radicalism, Jones became further celebrated for his study & translation of ancient Sanskrit texts following his appointment to the supreme court in Calcutta in 1783. He spent the next 11 years introducing Europe to the mysticism & rationality of Hinduism through works such as his nine 'Hymns' to Hindu deities & his translation of the Sanskrit classic Sacontalá, influencing Romantic writers from William Blake to August Wilhelm Schlegel. Volume 11 of his 13-volume works, published in 1807, contains most of Jones' Histoire de Nader Chah (1770), a memoir of the famed Iranian ruler, translated into French from the Persian. Commissioned by the king of Denmark, this was Jones' first publication.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2014.
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Translated from the Persian.
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Originally published: London: John Stockdale, 1807.
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This volume of the collected works of Sir William Jones comprises his translation into French of the Persian memoir of the Iranian Shah.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-108-05579-6
Language:
French
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