Constantinople

1923 — Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (19 x 13 cm). In Ottoman script. 101, [1] p., 1 b/w plate. Nasrüddin Sah ve Babiler. A study on Nasiruddin Shah, (1831-1896), was the King of Persia from 17 September 1848 to 1 May 1896 when he was assassinated. He was the son of Mohammad Shah Qajar and Malek Jahan Khanom and the third longest reigning monarch in Persian history after Shapur II of the Sassanid dynasty and Tahmasp I of the Safavid Dynasty. Nasser al-Din Shah had sovereign power for close to 50 years and was also the first Persian monarch to ever write and publish his diaries. Naser al-Din was in Tabriz from Qajars tribe when he heard of his father's death in 1848, and he ascended to the Sun Throne with the help of Amir Kabir. Naser al-Din had early reformist tendencies, but was dictatorial in his style of government. With his sanction, some Babis were killed after an attempt on his life. This treatment continued under his prime minister Amir Kabir, who even ordered the execution of the Báb - regarded as a manifestation of God to Bábí's and Bahá'ís, and to historians as the founder of the Bábí religion. Unable to regain territory lost to Russia in the early 19th century, Naser al-Din sought compensation by seizing Herat, Afghanistan, in 1856. Great Britain regarded the move as a threat to British India and declared war on Persia, forcing the return of Herat as well as Persia recognition of the kingdom of Afghanistan.