UID:
kobvindex_INT0002726
Format:
2 volumes (376 pages, 416 pages) :
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maps ;
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20 cm.
Edition:
Reprint.
ISBN:
9781170962572 (pbk. : vol. 1)
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1170962572 (pbk. : vol. 1)
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9781170962114 (pbk. : vol. 2)
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1170962114 (pbk. : vol. 2)
Note:
INDEX NOTE: includes index.
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EDITORIAL NOTE:
Original edition printed 1729 (vol. I) and 1730 (vol. II) in London for J. and J. Knapton, J. Darby, A. Bettesworh, F. Fayram, J. Osborn and T. Londman, J. Pemberton, C. Rivington, F. Clay, J. Batley, and Aaron Ward.
Each volume has a special title page.
Errata: v. 1, p. [375]; v. 2, p. [796].
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MACHINE-GENERATED CONTENTS NOTE:
Volume I. The genealogical history of the Tatars, translated from the Tatar manuscript written in the Mogul language by Abu'l Ghâzi Bahâder, Khân of Khowârazm, containing: The antiquities of the Moguls and Tatars from Adam, according to the account of the Mohammedan Tatars. A curious description of all the tribes into which the Turkish nation is divided: the life of Zingiz Khân the Great, and of his successors in the four parts of his empire. Together, with a complete history of the Uzbek Khâns of Khowârazm, and a good measure of the Khâns of Great Bukharia, from the first conquest of those countries under Shah Bakht Soltân in 1494, to the death of Abu'l Ghâzi Bahâder Khân, the author, in 1663. Illustrated with notes, and a map of Grand Tatary, as it was in the time of Zingiz Khân. The whole made English.
Volume II. An account of the present state of Northern Asia, relating to the natural history of Grand Tatary and Siberia: and the manners, customs, trade, laws, religion and polity of the different people inhabiting the same. Together with some observations concerning China, India, Persia, Arabia, Turky, and Great Russia. The whole compiled out of the notes belonging to the foregoing History, and digested into method by the translator.
Booksellers' advertisement: v. 1, [p. [376].
Head- and tailpieces; initials.
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MACHINE-GENERATED CONTENTS NOTE:
Volume I. The genealogical history of the Tatars, translated from the Tatar manuscript written in the Mogul language by Abu'l Ghâzi Bahâder, Khân of Khowârazm.
Volume II. An account of the present state of the Northern Asia, as it includes Grand Tatary, (or the countries possess'd by the Moguls and Tatars) and Siberia : with some observations relating to great Russia, Turky, Arabia, Persia, India and China, with two maps exhibiting the ancient and present state of Grand Tatary / Ebülgâzî Bahadir Han, Khan of Khorezm, Enûşe Han ; the whole made English from the French, with several improvements and additions.
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LANGUAGE NOTE: translation of: Histoire des Mongols et des Tartares ; from the Jagataic text, Şecere-i Türk, completed from the year 1054 A.H. (1644) by the author's son Enûşe Han.
Language:
English
