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Captain John Stevens (died 1726) was a prolific translator and embellisher of Spanish and Portuguese works of history and literature who published this book in 1715. In his preface, Stevens explained: “Persia is at this time, and has been for several Ages, one of the Great Eastern Monarchies, and yet the Accounts we have hitherto had of it in English have been no better than Fragments.” The book is a translation of a work in Spanish published in 1610 by Pedro Teixeira (erroneously identified by Stevens as Antony), a Portuguese traveler and writer about whom little is known. Some time after 1586 Teixeira traveled to Portuguese Goa in present-day India. From there he went to Persia, where he became proficient in Persian and acquired books and manuscripts on the history of the country. Teixeira’s book consisted of a summary and translation of the Tārīkh-i rawz̤at al-ṣafā (History of the kings of Persia) by Mīr Khvānd, Muḥammad ibn Khāvandshāh (1433-98), a summarized translation of a Persian chronicle of the kings of Hurmuz, and an account of his own voyage from India to Italy in 1600-01. Stevens’s work contained numerous errors and inaccuracies, but it played an important part in making Persia better known to 18th-century European and especially British readers.
Author
[*=left] Mīr Khvānd, Muḥammad ibn Khāvandshāh (1433-1498) (http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery/?contributors=M%C4%ABr%20Khv%C4%81nd%2C%20Mu%E1%B8 %A5ammad%20ibn%20Kh%C4%81vandsh%C4%81h%20%281433-1498%29)
[*=left] Teixeira, Pedro (Born around 1570) (http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery/?contributors=Teixeira%2C%20Pedro%20%28Born%20arou nd%201570%29)
Contributor
[*=left] Tūrān Shāh ibn Quṭb al-Dīn (Died 1378) (http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery/?contributors=T%C5%ABr%C4%81n%20Sh%C4%81h%20ibn%20 Qu%E1%B9%ADb%20al-D%C4%ABn%20%28Died%201378%29)
Translator
[*=left] Stevens, John (Died 1726) (http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery/?contributors=Stevens%2C%20John%20%28Died%201726%2 9)
Date Created
[*=left]1715 CE
Publication Information
[*=left] Jonas Brown, London, England
Language
[*=left]English (http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery/?languages=eng)
Place
[*=left] Central and South Asia (http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery/?regions=central-and-south-asia) > India (http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery/?regions=central-and-south-asia&countries=IN)
[*=left] Central and South Asia (http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery/?regions=central-and-south-asia) > Sri Lanka (http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery/?regions=central-and-south-asia&countries=LK)
[*=left] Central and South Asia (http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery/?regions=central-and-south-asia) > Uzbekistan (http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery/?regions=central-and-south-asia&countries=UZ)
[*=left] Middle East and North Africa (http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery/?regions=middle-east-and-north-africa) > Saudi Arabia (http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery/?regions=middle-east-and-north-africa&countries=SA)
[*=left] Southeast Asia (http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery/?regions=southeast-asia) > Timor-Leste (http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery/?regions=southeast-asia&countries=TL)
Time
[*=left] 500 CE - 1499 CE (http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery/?time_periods=500-1499)
[*=left] 1500 CE - 1699 CE (http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery/?time_periods=1500-1699)
[*=left] 1700 CE - 1799 CE (http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery/?time_periods=1700-1799)
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Captain John Stevens (died 1726) was a prolific translator and embellisher of Spanish and Portuguese works of history and literature who published this book in 1715. In his preface, Stevens explained: “Persia is at this time, and has been for several Ages, one of the Great Eastern Monarchies, and yet the Accounts we have hitherto had of it in English have been no better than Fragments.” The book is a translation of a work in Spanish published in 1610 by Pedro Teixeira (erroneously identified by Stevens as Antony), a Portuguese traveler and writer about whom little is known. Some time after 1586 Teixeira traveled to Portuguese Goa in present-day India. From there he went to Persia, where he became proficient in Persian and acquired books and manuscripts on the history of the country. Teixeira’s book consisted of a summary and translation of the Tārīkh-i rawz̤at al-ṣafā (History of the kings of Persia) by Mīr Khvānd, Muḥammad ibn Khāvandshāh (1433-98), a summarized translation of a Persian chronicle of the kings of Hurmuz, and an account of his own voyage from India to Italy in 1600-01. Stevens’s work contained numerous errors and inaccuracies, but it played an important part in making Persia better known to 18th-century European and especially British readers.
Author
[*=left] Mīr Khvānd, Muḥammad ibn Khāvandshāh (1433-1498) (http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery/?contributors=M%C4%ABr%20Khv%C4%81nd%2C%20Mu%E1%B8 %A5ammad%20ibn%20Kh%C4%81vandsh%C4%81h%20%281433-1498%29)
[*=left] Teixeira, Pedro (Born around 1570) (http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery/?contributors=Teixeira%2C%20Pedro%20%28Born%20arou nd%201570%29)
Contributor
[*=left] Tūrān Shāh ibn Quṭb al-Dīn (Died 1378) (http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery/?contributors=T%C5%ABr%C4%81n%20Sh%C4%81h%20ibn%20 Qu%E1%B9%ADb%20al-D%C4%ABn%20%28Died%201378%29)
Translator
[*=left] Stevens, John (Died 1726) (http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery/?contributors=Stevens%2C%20John%20%28Died%201726%2 9)
Date Created
[*=left]1715 CE
Publication Information
[*=left] Jonas Brown, London, England
Language
[*=left]English (http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery/?languages=eng)
Place
[*=left] Central and South Asia (http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery/?regions=central-and-south-asia) > India (http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery/?regions=central-and-south-asia&countries=IN)
[*=left] Central and South Asia (http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery/?regions=central-and-south-asia) > Sri Lanka (http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery/?regions=central-and-south-asia&countries=LK)
[*=left] Central and South Asia (http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery/?regions=central-and-south-asia) > Uzbekistan (http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery/?regions=central-and-south-asia&countries=UZ)
[*=left] Middle East and North Africa (http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery/?regions=middle-east-and-north-africa) > Saudi Arabia (http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery/?regions=middle-east-and-north-africa&countries=SA)
[*=left] Southeast Asia (http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery/?regions=southeast-asia) > Timor-Leste (http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery/?regions=southeast-asia&countries=TL)
Time
[*=left] 500 CE - 1499 CE (http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery/?time_periods=500-1499)
[*=left] 1500 CE - 1699 CE (http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery/?time_periods=1500-1699)
[*=left] 1700 CE - 1799 CE (http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery/?time_periods=1700-1799)
Download - 3.3mb (http://content.wdl.org/2399/service/2399.pdf)